# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百三十九条 (Article 339) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339. 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: 第三百三十九条 (Article 339) — address `art-339` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百三十九条 art-339 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339 **第一項** 左の場合には、決定で公訴を棄却しなければならない。 art-339/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339/par-1 The court must render a dismissal of prosecution on a ruling when: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court must, render a dismissal of prosecution on a ruling when:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **一** 第二百七十一条第二項の規定により公訴の提起がその効力を失つたとき。 art-339/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339/par-1/item-1 the institution of prosecution ceases to be effective in accordance with the provisions of Article 271, paragraph (2); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 起訴状に記載された事実が真実であつても、何らの罪となるべき事実を包含していないとき。 art-339/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339/par-1/item-2 the facts written in the charging sheet, although they may be true, do not include any facts constituting a crime; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 公訴が取り消されたとき。 art-339/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339/par-1/item-3 the prosecution has been revoked; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 被告人が死亡し、又は被告人たる法人が存続しなくなつたとき。 art-339/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339/par-1/item-4 the defendant is deceased or a corporation which is the defendant ceases to exist; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the accused is deceased or a corporation which is the accused ceases to exist;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **五** 第十条又は第十一条の規定により審判してはならないとき。 art-339/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339/par-1/item-5 the case may not be tried in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 or 11. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-339/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339/par-2 An immediate appeal against the ruling prescribed in the preceding paragraph may be filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-339/par-1/item-1: 第二百七十一条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条第二項 (Article 271, paragraph (2)), art-271/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271/par-2 - art-339/par-1/item-5: 第十条 → 刑事訴訟法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-10 - art-339/par-1/item-5: 第十一条 → 刑事訴訟法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-11 - art-339/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百三十九条第一項 (Article 339, paragraph (1)), art-339/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百三十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-339/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-451/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 339, 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 339, paragraph (1), item (iv) — 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