# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の九 (Article 316-9) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-9. 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: 第三百十六条の九 (Article 316-9) — address `art-316-9` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-9 - 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. --- ### 第三百十六条の九 art-316-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-9 **第一項** 被告人は、公判前整理手続期日に出頭することができる。 art-316-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-9/par-1 The defendant may appear on the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The accused may appear on the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 裁判所は、必要と認めるときは、被告人に対し、公判前整理手続期日に出頭することを求めることができる。 art-316-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-9/par-2 When the court deems it to be necessary, it may ask the defendant to appear on the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the court deems it to be necessary, it may ask the accused to appear on the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 裁判長は、被告人を出頭させて公判前整理手続をする場合には、被告人が出頭する最初の公判前整理手続期日において、まず、被告人に対し、終始沈黙し、又は個々の質問に対し陳述を拒むことができる旨を告知しなければならない。 art-316-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-9/par-3 When the defendant is to appear at the pretrial arrangement proceeding, the presiding judge must, on the first date that the defendant is to appear, begin by giving notification to the defendant that said person may remain silent at all times or may refuse to answer particular questions. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the accused is to appear at the pretrial arrangement proceeding, the presiding judge must, on the first date that the accused is to appear, begin by giving notification to the accused that said person may remain silent at all times or may refuse to answer particular questions." — 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 316-9, 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 316-9, 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 316-9, 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