# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百五十条の三 (Article 350-3)

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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: 第三百五十条の三 (Article 350-3) — address `art-350-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三百五十条の三
<sup>art-350-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-3</sup>

    **第一項**  前条第一項の合意をするには、弁護人の同意がなければならない。
    <sup>art-350-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-3/par-1</sup>
    An agreement under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must be made with the consent of the defense counsel.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前条第一項の合意は、検察官、被疑者又は被告人及び弁護人が連署した書面により、その内容を明らかにしてするものとする。
    <sup>art-350-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-3/par-2</sup>
    An agreement under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must be made in writing jointly signed by a public prosecutor, and a suspect or the defendant and the defense counsel, clearly stating the content of the agreement.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "An agreement under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must be made in writing signed by both of a public prosecutor, and a suspect or the accused and the defense counsel, clearly stating the content of the agreement." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-350-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の二第一項 (Article 350-2, paragraph (1)), art-350-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-2/par-1
- art-350-3/par-2: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の二第一項 (Article 350-2, paragraph (1)), art-350-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-2/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-7/par-1

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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 350-3, 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
