# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百五十条の二十 (Article 350-20) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-20. 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: 第三百五十条の二十 (Article 350-20) — address `art-350-20` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-20 - 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. --- ### 第三百五十条の二十 art-350-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-20 **第一項** 裁判所は、即決裁判手続の申立てがあつた事件について、弁護人が即決裁判手続によることについてその意見を留保しているとき、又は即決裁判手続の申立てがあつた後に弁護人が選任されたときは、弁護人に対し、できる限り速やかに、即決裁判手続によることについて同意をするかどうかの確認を求めなければならない。 art-350-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-20/par-1 In a case in which expedited trial proceedings have been petitioned, when the defense counsel reserves consent to the expedited trial proceedings or is appointed after the petition has been filed, the court must ask the defense counsel for confirmation as to whether or not consent is given to the proceedings as promptly as possible. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 弁護人は、前項の同意をするときは、書面でその旨を明らかにしなければならない。 art-350-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-20/par-2 When a defense counsel gives consent under the preceding paragraph, the consent must be declared in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-350-20/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の二十第一項 (Article 350-20, paragraph (1)), art-350-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-20/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の二十第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-20/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の二十一第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-21/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の二十二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-22/par-1/item-2 --- ## Sources - 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 — 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