# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百五十条の十二 (Article 350-12) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-12. 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: 第三百五十条の十二 (Article 350-12) — address `art-350-12` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-12 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百五十条の十二 art-350-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-12 **第一項** 前条の場合には、当該議決に係る事件について公訴が提起されたときにおいても、被告人が第三百五十条の四の協議においてした供述及び当該合意に基づいてした被告人の行為により得られた証拠並びにこれらに基づいて得られた証拠は、当該被告人の刑事事件において、これらを証拠とすることができない。 art-350-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-12/par-1 In the case of the preceding Article, even when prosecution is instituted for the case pertaining to the decision, the statement made by the defendant during a consultation under Article 350-4, evidence obtained by the act of the defendant based on the agreement and evidence obtained based on the statement or evidence may not be used as evidence in the defendant's criminal case. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case of the preceding Article, even when prosecution is instituted for the case pertaining to the decision, the statement made by the accused during a consultation under Article 350-4, evidence obtained by the act of the accused based on the agreement and evidence obtained based on the statement or evidence may not be used as evidence in the accused's criminal case." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 前項の規定は、次に掲げる場合には、これを適用しない。 art-350-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-12/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前条に規定する議決の前に被告人がした行為が、当該合意に違反するものであつたことが明らかになり、又は第三百五十条の十第一項第三号イ若しくはロに掲げる事由に該当することとなつたとき。 art-350-12/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-12/par-2/item-1 when it becomes clear that any act performed by the defendant before the decision provided in the preceding Article is made violates the agreement, or the case comes to fall under the grounds set forth in Article 350-10, paragraph (1), item (iii), (a) or (b); Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "when it becomes clear that any act performed by the accused before the decision provided in the preceding Article is made violates the agreement, or the case comes to fall under the grounds set forth in Article 350-10, paragraph (1), item (iii), (a) or (b);" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **二** 被告人が当該合意に基づくものとしてした行為又は当該協議においてした行為が第三百五十条の十五第一項の罪、刑法第百三条、第百四条、第百六十九条若しくは第百七十二条の罪又は組織的犯罪処罰法第七条第一項第一号若しくは第二号に掲げる者に係る同条の罪に当たる場合において、これらの罪に係る事件において用いるとき。 art-350-12/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-12/par-2/item-2 when any act made by the defendant as it is based on the agreement or during the consultation falls under a crime under Article 350-15, paragraph (1), or Article 103, 104, 169 or 172 of the Penal Code, or a crime under Article 7 of the Organized Crime Punishment Act pertaining to the person set forth in the provisions of paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the same Article, and is used in the case involving the crime; or Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "when any act made by the accused as it is based on the agreement or during the consultation falls under a crime under Article 350-15, paragraph (1), or Article 103, 104, 169 or 172 of the Penal Code, or a crime under Article 7 of the Organized Crime Punishment Act pertaining to the person set forth in the provisions of paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the same Article, and is used in the case involving the crime; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **三** 証拠とすることについて被告人に異議がないとき。 art-350-12/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-12/par-2/item-3 when the defendant does not object to use as evidence. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "when the accused does not object to use as evidence." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-350-12/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十一 (Article 350-11), art-350-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-11 - art-350-12/par-1: 第三百五十条の四 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の四 (Article 350-4), art-350-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-4 - art-350-12/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十二第一項 (Article 350-12, paragraph (1)), art-350-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-12/par-1 - art-350-12/par-2/item-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十一 (Article 350-11), art-350-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-11 - art-350-12/par-2/item-1: 第三百五十条の十第一項第三号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十第一項第三号 (Article 350-10, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-350-10/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-10/par-1/item-3 - art-350-12/par-2/item-2: 第三百五十条の十五第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十五第一項 (Article 350-15, paragraph (1)), art-350-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-15/par-1 - art-350-12/par-2/item-2: 刑法第百三条 → 刑法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-103 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) - art-350-12/par-2/item-2: 第百四条 → 刑法 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-104 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) - art-350-12/par-2/item-2: 第百六十九条 → 刑法 第百六十九条 (Article 169), art-169 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-169 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) - art-350-12/par-2/item-2: 第百七十二条 → 刑法 第百七十二条 (Article 172), art-172 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-172 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) - art-350-12/par-2/item-2: 組織的犯罪処罰法第七条第一項第一号 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000136, 第七条第一項第一号 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-7/par-1/item-1 — not held in this collection - art-350-12/par-2/item-2: 第二号 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000136, 第七条第一項第二号 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-7/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-350-12/par-2/item-2: 同条 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000136, 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-12/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-6/par-1 --- ## 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 350-12, 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 350-12, paragraph (2), item (i) — 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 350-12, paragraph (2), item (ii) — 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 350-12, paragraph (2), item (iii) — 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