# Article 301-2, paragraph (3), its wordings — Code of Criminal Procedure This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/history/art-301-2/par-3. 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. How the wording of Article 301-2, paragraph (3) (第三百一条の二第三項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change. - Law: Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure - Provision: Article 301-2, paragraph (3) (第三百一条の二第三項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-301-2/par-3 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-301-2/par-3) - The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments - 2 wordings, oldest first. ## 1. Before Act No. 39 of 2025 - State: In force Japanese: > 前二項の規定は、第一項各号に掲げる事件について、第三百二十四条第一項において準用する第三百二十二条第一項の規定により証拠とすることができる被告人以外の者の供述であつて、当該事件についての第百九十八条第一項の規定による取調べ又は第二百三条第一項、第二百四条第一項若しくは第二百五条第一項の弁解の機会に際してされた被告人の供述（被告人に不利益な事実の承認を内容とするものに限る。）をその内容とするものを証拠とすることに関し、被告人又は弁護人が、その承認が任意にされたものでない疑いがあることを理由として異議を述べた場合にこれを準用する。 English (Written for this site with AI, correcting the Ministry of Justice's English): > The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis when the defendant or the defense counsel raises an objection with regard to the case set forth in one of items of paragraph (1) against the use as evidence of the statement that has been made by any person other than the defendant, which may be used as evidence pursuant to the provisions of Article 322, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 324, paragraph (1), and contains any statement made by the defendant in the interrogation with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of Article 198, paragraph (1) or in the opportunity for explanation under paragraph (1) of Article 203, 204 or 205 (limited to that containing an admission of a fact disadvantageous to the defendant), on the grounds that the admission is suspected of not being made voluntarily. ## 2. By 31 March 2027 — Act No. 39 of 2025 - State: Not yet in force - Takes effect: By 31 March 2027 - The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 39 of 2025) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039 Japanese: > 前二項の規定は、第一項各号に掲げる事件について、第三百二十四条第一項において準用する第三百二十二条第一項の規定により証拠とすることができる被告人以外の者の供述であつて、当該事件についての第百九十八条第一項の規定による取調べ又は第二百三条第一項、第二百四条第一項若しくは第二百五条第一項の弁解の機会に際してされた被告人の供述（被告人に不利益な事実の承認を内容とするものに限る。）をその内容とするものを証拠とすることに関し、被告人又は弁護人が、その承認が任意にされたものでない疑いがあることを理由として異議を述べた場合について準用する。 English (Machine translation, not official): > The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis when the defendant or the defense counsel raises an objection with regard to the case set forth in one of items of paragraph (1) against the use as evidence of the statement that has been made by any person other than the defendant, which may be used as evidence pursuant to the provisions of Article 322, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 324, paragraph (1), and contains any statement made by the defendant in the interrogation with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of Article 198, paragraph (1) or in the opportunity for explanation under paragraph (1) of Article 203, 204 or 205 (limited to that containing an admission of a fact disadvantageous to the defendant), on the grounds that the admission is suspected of not being made voluntarily. --- ## Sources - The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131) - English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb) - English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI - The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20261020_508AC0000000067) - The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20270331_507AC0000000039)