# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百六十一条の二 (Article 461-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-461-2. 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: 第四百六十一条の二 (Article 461-2) — address `art-461-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-461-2 - 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. --- ### 第四百六十一条の二 art-461-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-461-2 **第一項** 検察官は、略式命令の請求に際し、被疑者に対し、あらかじめ、略式手続を理解させるために必要な事項を説明し、通常の規定に従い審判を受けることができる旨を告げた上、略式手続によることについて異議がないかどうかを確めなければならない。 art-461-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-461-2/par-1 The public prosecutor shall, when requesting a summary order, explain to the suspect the matters necessary for him/her to understand the summary proceedings, notify the suspect that he/she may be tried pursuant to regular provisions, and confirm that he/she has no objection to the application of summary proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 被疑者は、略式手続によることについて異議がないときは、書面でその旨を明らかにしなければならない。 art-461-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-461-2/par-2 The suspect shall, when he/she has no objection to application of summary proceedings, clarify to that effect in a written document. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-462/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463/par-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 - 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