# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の六 (Article 316-6) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-6. 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: 第三百十六条の六 (Article 316-6) — address `art-316-6` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-6 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の六 art-316-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-6 **第一項** 裁判長は、訴訟関係人を出頭させて公判前整理手続をするときは、公判前整理手続期日を定めなければならない。 art-316-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-6/par-1 The presiding judge must set the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding when said judge is to have persons concerned in the case appear. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公判前整理手続期日は、これを検察官、被告人及び弁護人に通知しなければならない。 art-316-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-6/par-2 The date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding must be notified to the public prosecutor, the defendant and the defense counsel. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding must be notified to the public prosecutor, the accused and the defense counsel." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 裁判長は、検察官、被告人若しくは弁護人の請求により又は職権で、公判前整理手続期日を変更することができる。この場合においては、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、あらかじめ、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-316-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-6/par-3 The presiding judge may change the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding upon the request of the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel or ex officio. In this case, the presiding judge must hear the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel in advance pursuant to the Rules of Court. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The presiding judge may change the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding upon the request of the public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel or ex officio. In this case, the presiding judge must hear the opinions of the public prosecutor and the accused or the defense counsel in advance pursuant to the Rules of Court." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-28/par-2 --- ## 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 316-6, 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 316-6, paragraph (3) — 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