# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の三十七 (Article 316-37) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-37. 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: 第三百十六条の三十七 (Article 316-37) — address `art-316-37` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-37 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の三十七 art-316-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-37 **第一項** 裁判所は、被害者参加人又はその委託を受けた弁護士から、その者が被告人に対して第三百十一条第二項の供述を求めるための質問を発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、被害者参加人又はその委託を受けた弁護士がこの法律の規定による意見の陳述をするために必要があると認める場合であつて、審理の状況、申出に係る質問をする事項の内容、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、申出をした者が被告人に対してその質問を発することを許すものとする。 art-316-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-37/par-1 The court is to, when the Participating Victim or the entrusted attorney has made a request to ask the defendant questions seeking the statement set forth in Article 311, paragraph (2), hear the opinion of the defendant or the defense counsel and when it deems it necessary for the purpose of the Participating Victim or entrusted attorney stating an opinion pursuant to the provisions of this Code, it is to permit the person who made the request to ask the defendant questions when it finds appropriate, taking into consideration the state of the proceedings, the content of the particulars to be asked subject to the request, the number of persons making the request and other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court is to, when the Participating Victim or the entrusted attorney has made a request to ask the accused questions seeking the statement set forth in Article 311, paragraph (2), hear the opinion of the accused or the defense counsel and when it deems it necessary for the purpose of the Participating Victim or entrusted attorney stating an opinion pursuant to the provisions of this Code, it is to permit the person who made the request to ask the accused questions when it finds appropriate, taking into consideration the state of the proceedings, the content of the particulars to be asked subject to the request, the number of persons making the request and other circumstances." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 前項の申出は、あらかじめ、質問をする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供述を求める場合を除き、意見を付して、これを裁判所に通知するものとする。 art-316-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-37/par-2 The request set forth in the preceding paragraph must be made to the public prosecutor clarifying the particulars to be asked in advance. In this case, the public prosecutor is to notify the court of this, together with the prosecutor's opinion except in cases where said prosecutor is to personally request a statement on such particulars. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判長は、第二百九十五条第一項、第三項及び第四項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質問が第一項に規定する意見の陳述をするために必要がある事項に関係のない事項にわたるときは、これを制限することができる。 art-316-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-37/par-3 Other than the cases provided in Article 295, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4), the presiding judge may place restrictions on a question if the question asked by the Participating Victim or the entrusted attorney leads to particulars irrelevant to those necessary for the purpose of the statement of opinions provided in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-316-37/par-1: 第三百十一条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十一条第二項 (Article 311, paragraph (2)), art-311/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-311/par-2 - art-316-37/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十七第一項 (Article 316-37, paragraph (1)), art-316-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-37/par-1 - art-316-37/par-3: 第二百九十五条第一項 → 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-316-37/par-3: 第三項 → 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-316-37/par-3: 第四項 → 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-316-37/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十七第一項 (Article 316-37, paragraph (1)), art-316-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-37/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十七第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-37/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十七第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-37/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 316-37, 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 — 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