# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五十条 (Article 50)

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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: 第五十条 (Article 50) — address `art-50`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第五十条
<sup>art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-50</sup>

  **第一項**  公判調書が次回の公判期日までに整理されなかつたときは、裁判所書記は、検察官、被告人又は弁護人の請求により、次回の公判期日において又はその期日までに、前回の公判期日における証人の供述の要旨を告げなければならない。この場合において、請求をした検察官、被告人又は弁護人が証人の供述の要旨の正確性につき異議を申し立てたときは、その旨を調書に記載しなければならない。
  <sup>art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-50/par-1</sup>
  If the trial records have not been completed by the time of the next trial date, the court clerk must, upon the request of a public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel, give an outline of the statements given by the witnesses on the previous trial date either on or before the next trial date. In this case, when the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel who has made the request raises an objection to the accuracy of the outline of the statements, such objection must be recorded in the trial records.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the trial records have not been completed by the time of the next trial date, the court clerk must, upon the request of a public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel, give an outline of the statements given by the witnesses on the previous trial date either on or before the next trial date. In this case, when the public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel who has made the request raises an objection to the accuracy of the outline of the statements, such objection must be recorded in the trial records." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  被告人及び弁護人の出頭なくして開廷した公判期日の公判調書が、次回の公判期日までに整理されなかつたときは、裁判所書記は、次回の公判期日において又はその期日までに、出頭した被告人又は弁護人に前回の公判期日における審理に関する重要な事項を告げなければならない。
  <sup>art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-50/par-2</sup>
  If the trial records of a trial date without the appearance of the defendant and defense counsel have not been completed before the next trial date, the court clerk must inform, either on or before the next trial date, the defendant or the defense counsel who has appeared of important particulars relating to the trial held on the previous trial date.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the trial records of a trial date without the appearance of the accused and defense counsel have not been completed before the next trial date, the court clerk must inform, either on or before the next trial date, the accused or the defense counsel who has appeared of important particulars relating to the trial held on the previous trial date." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

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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 50, 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 50, 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