# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百五十条の五 (Article 350-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-5. 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: 第三百五十条の五 (Article 350-5) — address `art-350-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-5 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百五十条の五 art-350-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-5 **第一項** 前条の協議において、検察官は、被疑者又は被告人に対し、他人の刑事事件について供述を求めることができる。この場合においては、第百九十八条第二項の規定を準用する。 art-350-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-5/par-1 In a consultation under the preceding Article, a public prosecutor may request that a suspect or the defendant should make a statement on another person's criminal case. In this case, the provisions of Article 198, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In a consultation under the preceding Article, a public prosecutor may request that a suspect or the accused should make a statement on another person's criminal case. In this case, the provisions of Article 198, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 被疑者又は被告人が前条の協議においてした供述は、第三百五十条の二第一項の合意が成立しなかつたときは、これを証拠とすることができない。 art-350-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-5/par-2 A statement made by a suspect or the defendant during a consultation under the preceding Article may not be used as evidence if the agreement under Article 350-2, paragraph (1) is not reached. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A statement made by a suspect or the accused during a consultation under the preceding Article may not be used as evidence if the agreement under Article 350-2, paragraph (1) is not reached." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 前項の規定は、被疑者又は被告人が当該協議においてした行為が刑法第百三条、第百四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は、これを適用しない。 art-350-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-5/par-3 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply when any act performed by a suspect or the defendant during a consultation thereunder falls under a crime under Article 103, 104 or 172 of the Penal Code or a crime under Article 7 of the Organized Crime Punishment Act pertaining to the persons set forth in provisions of paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the same Article, and a statement made during the consultation is used in the cases involving these crimes. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply when any act performed by a suspect or the accused during a consultation thereunder falls under a crime under Article 103, 104 or 172 of the Penal Code or a crime under Article 7 of the Organized Crime Punishment Act pertaining to the persons set forth in provisions of paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the same Article, and a statement made during the consultation is used in the cases involving these crimes." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-350-5/par-1: 前条 → 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-350-5/par-1: 第百九十八条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十八条第二項 (Article 198, paragraph (2)), art-198/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-2 - art-350-5/par-2: 前条 → 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-350-5/par-2: 第三百五十条の二第一項 → 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-350-5/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の五第二項 (Article 350-5, paragraph (2)), art-350-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-5/par-2 - art-350-5/par-3: 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-350-5/par-3: 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-350-5/par-3: 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-350-5/par-3: 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-350-5/par-3: 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-350-5/par-3: 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 第三百五十条の五第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-5/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-6/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 350-5, 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 350-5, 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 350-5, paragraph (3) — 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