# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の三十六 (Article 316-36) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-36. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 刑事訴訟法 (Code of Criminal Procedure), 昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号 - English title "Code of Criminal Procedure": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第三百十六条の三十六 (Article 316-36) — address `art-316-36` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-36 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の三十六 art-316-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-36 **第一項** 裁判所は、証人を尋問する場合において、被害者参加人又はその委託を受けた弁護士から、その者がその証人を尋問することの申出があるときは、被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴き、審理の状況、申出に係る尋問事項の内容、申出をした者の数その他の事情を考慮し、相当と認めるときは、情状に関する事項（犯罪事実に関するものを除く。）についての証人の供述の証明力を争うために必要な事項について、申出をした者がその証人を尋問することを許すものとする。 art-316-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-36/par-1 In examining witnesses, if the Participating Victim or the entrusted attorney makes a request to examine a witness, the court is to hear the opinion of the defendant or the defense counsel and, taking into consideration the state of the proceedings, the content of the particulars of the request for examination, the number of persons making the request and other circumstances, permit the person who made the request to examine the witness on particulars necessary to challenge the probative value of the statements of the witness with regard to the particulars relating to the circumstances (except for particulars relating to fact-finding) when it finds appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In examining witnesses, if the Participating Victim or the entrusted attorney makes a request to examine a witness, the court is to hear the opinion of the accused or the defense counsel and, taking into consideration the state of the proceedings, the content of the particulars of the request for examination, the number of persons making the request and other circumstances, permit the person who made the request to examine the witness on particulars necessary to challenge the probative value of the statements of the witness with regard to the particulars relating to the circumstances (except for particulars relating to fact-finding) when it finds appropriate." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 前項の申出は、検察官の尋問が終わつた後（検察官の尋問がないときは、被告人又は弁護人の尋問が終わつた後）直ちに、尋問事項を明らかにして、検察官にしなければならない。この場合において、検察官は、当該事項について自ら尋問する場合を除き、意見を付して、これを裁判所に通知するものとする。 art-316-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-36/par-2 The request set forth under the preceding paragraph must be made to the public prosecutor clarifying the particulars to be examined immediately after conclusion of the examination by the public prosecutor (where the prosecutor does not conduct an examination, after the examination by the defendant or the defense counsel). In this case, the public prosecutor must notify this to the court together with the prosecutor's opinion except in cases where said prosecutor is to personally examine said particulars. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The request set forth under the preceding paragraph must be made to the public prosecutor clarifying the particulars to be examined immediately after conclusion of the examination by the public prosecutor (where the prosecutor does not conduct an examination, after the examination by the accused or the defense counsel). In this case, the public prosecutor must notify this to the court together with the prosecutor's opinion except in cases where said prosecutor is to personally examine said particulars." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 裁判長は、第二百九十五条第一項から第四項までに規定する場合のほか、被害者参加人又はその委託を受けた弁護士のする尋問が第一項に規定する事項以外の事項にわたるときは、これを制限することができる。 art-316-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-36/par-3 Other than the cases provided in Article 295, paragraphs (1) through (4), the presiding judge may place restrictions on an examination if the examination made by the Participating Victim or the entrusted attorney leads to particulars other than the particulars provided in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-316-36/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十六第一項 (Article 316-36, paragraph (1)), art-316-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-36/par-1 - art-316-36/par-3: 第二百九十五条第一項から第四項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十五条第一項 (Article 295, paragraph (1)), art-295/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-295/par-1 - art-316-36/par-3: 第二百九十五条第一項から第四項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十五条第二項 (Article 295, paragraph (2)), art-295/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-295/par-2 - art-316-36/par-3: 第二百九十五条第一項から第四項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十五条第三項 (Article 295, paragraph (3)), art-295/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-295/par-3 - art-316-36/par-3: 第二百九十五条第一項から第四項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十五条第四項 (Article 295, paragraph (4)), art-295/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-295/par-4 - art-316-36/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十六第一項 (Article 316-36, paragraph (1)), art-316-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-36/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-36/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十六第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-36/par-3 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Code of Criminal Procedure, written 2026-11-06 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 刑事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-10-20 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20261020_508AC0000000067), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 316-36, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 316-36, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06