# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百八十二条の二 (Article 382-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2. 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: 第三百八十二条の二 (Article 382-2) — address `art-382-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百八十二条の二 art-382-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2 **第一項** やむを得ない事由によつて第一審の弁論終結前に取調を請求することができなかつた証拠によつて証明することのできる事実であつて前二条に規定する控訴申立の理由があることを信ずるに足りるものは、訴訟記録及び原裁判所において取り調べた証拠に現われている事実以外の事実であつても、控訴趣意書にこれを援用することができる。 art-382-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2/par-1 Facts which can be proven by evidence whose examination could not be requested before oral arguments were concluded in the first instance due to unavoidable circumstances, and which are sufficient to show that there are grounds for an appeal to the court of second instance as set forth in the provisions of the two preceding articles may be cited in the statement of the reasons for appeal even if such facts do not appear in the case records or are based on evidence not examined by the court of first instance. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Facts which can be proven by evidence whose examination could not be requested before oral arguments were concluded due to unavoidable circumstances, and which are sufficient to show that there are grounds for an appeal to the court of second instance as set forth in the provisions of the two preceding articles may be cited in the statement of the reasons for appeal even if such facts do not appear in the case records or are based on evidence not examined by the court of first instance." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb **第二項** 第一審の弁論終結後判決前に生じた事実であつて前二条に規定する控訴申立の理由があることを信ずるに足りるものについても、前項と同様である。 art-382-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2/par-2 Facts which occurred before the rendering of a judgment and after the oral arguments were concluded in the first instance, and which are sufficient to show that there are grounds for appeal to the court of second instance as set forth in the provisions of the two preceding articles may be cited in the statement of the reasons for appeal even if such facts do not appear in the case records or are based on evidence not examined by the court of first instance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の場合には、控訴趣意書に、その事実を疎明する資料を添附しなければならない。第一項の場合には、やむを得ない事由によつてその証拠の取調を請求することができなかつた旨を疎明する資料をも添附しなければならない。 art-382-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2/par-3 In the cases set forth in the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs, the statement of the reasons for appeal to the court of second instance shall be accompanied by material which makes prima facie showing of the facts. In a case set forth in the provisions of the paragraph (1), the paper also shall be accompanied by material which makes prima facie showing that examination could not be requested due to unavoidable circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-382-2/par-1: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十一条 (Article 381), art-381 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-381 - art-382-2/par-1: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十二条 (Article 382), art-382 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382 - art-382-2/par-2: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十一条 (Article 381), art-381 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-381 - art-382-2/par-2: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十二条 (Article 382), art-382 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382 - art-382-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十二条の二第一項 (Article 382-2, paragraph (1)), art-382-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2/par-1 - art-382-2/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十二条の二第一項 (Article 382-2, paragraph (1)), art-382-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2/par-1 - art-382-2/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十二条の二第二項 (Article 382-2, paragraph (2)), art-382-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十二条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十二条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/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 382-2, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/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