# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の三十八 (Article 316-38) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38. 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: 第三百十六条の三十八 (Article 316-38) — address `art-316-38` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の三十八 art-316-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38 **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、事実又は法律の適用について意見を陳述することの申出がある場合において、審理の状況、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、公判期日において、第二百九十三条第一項の規定による検察官の意見の陳述の後に、訴因として特定された事実の範囲内で、申出をした者がその意見を陳述することを許すものとする。 art-316-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38/par-1 The court is to, when the Participating Victim or the entrusted attorney makes a request to state an opinion on the finding of facts or the application of law, if it finds appropriate, permit the person who made the request to state an opinion on the trial date within the scope of facts specified as counts after the public prosecutor has stated an opinion pursuant to the provisions of Article 293, paragraph (1), taking into consideration the state of the proceedings, the number of persons making the request and other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申出は、あらかじめ、陳述する意見の要旨を明らかにして、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、意見を付して、これを裁判所に通知するものとする。 art-316-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38/par-2 The request set forth in the preceding paragraph must be made to the public prosecutor giving an outline of the opinion to be stated in advance. In this case, the public prosecutor is to notify the court of this together with the prosecutor's opinion. 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意見の陳述が第一項に規定する範囲を超えるときは、これを制限することができる。 art-316-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38/par-3 Other than the cases provided in Article 295, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4), the presiding judge may place restrictions on the statement of opinions if an opinion stated by the Participating Victim or the entrusted attorney is outside the scope provided in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による陳述は、証拠とはならないものとする。 art-316-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38/par-4 The statement pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is not to constitute evidence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-316-38/par-1: 第二百九十三条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十三条第一項 (Article 293, paragraph (1)), art-293/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-293/par-1 - art-316-38/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十八第一項 (Article 316-38, paragraph (1)), art-316-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38/par-1 - art-316-38/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-316-38/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-316-38/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-316-38/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十八第一項 (Article 316-38, paragraph (1)), art-316-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38/par-1 - art-316-38/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十八第一項 (Article 316-38, paragraph (1)), art-316-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十八第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十八第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-38/par-4 --- ## Sources - 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 — 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