# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百三十五条 (Article 335)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第三百三十五条 (Article 335) — address `art-335`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三百三十五条
<sup>art-335 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-335</sup>

    **第一項**  有罪の言渡をするには、罪となるべき事実、証拠の標目及び法令の適用を示さなければならない。
    <sup>art-335/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-335/par-1</sup>
    When pronouncing a sentence, the court must signify the facts constituting the crime, the list of evidence, and the application of laws and regulations.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  法律上犯罪の成立を妨げる理由又は刑の加重減免の理由となる事実が主張されたときは、これに対する判断を示さなければならない。
    <sup>art-335/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-335/par-2</sup>
    When it is being argued that there are legal grounds that prevent a crime from being established, or that there are grounds to increase, reduce or remit the punishment, the court must render its judgment on this.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When it is being argued that there are legal grounds to prevent the State from establishing that a crime has been committed, or that there are grounds to increase or reduce the punishment, the court must render its judgment on this." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

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## 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 335, 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