# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五十六条 (Article 56) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-56. 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: 第五十六条 (Article 56) — address `art-56` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-56 - 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. --- ### 第五十六条 art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-56 **第一項** 法定の期間は、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、訴訟行為をすべき者の住居又は事務所の所在地と裁判所又は検察庁の所在地との距離及び交通通信の便否に従い、これを延長することができる。 art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-56/par-1 A time period designated by law may be extended pursuant to the Rules of Court in consideration of the distance between the place where the residence or the office of the person who is to undertake a procedural action is located and the place where the court or the public prosecutor's office is located, and the inconvenience of transportation and communication facilities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、宣告した裁判に対する上訴の提起期間には、これを適用しない。 art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-56/par-2 The preceding paragraph does not apply to the period for filing an appeal against a pronounced decision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-56/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-56/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第五十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-56/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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06