# Article 301-2, paragraph (4), its wordings — Code of Criminal Procedure

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How the wording of Article 301-2, paragraph (4) (第三百一条の二第四項) 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 (4) (第三百一条の二第四項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-301-2/par-4 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-301-2/par-4)
- 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:

> 検察官又は検察事務官は、第一項各号に掲げる事件（同項第三号に掲げる事件のうち、関連する事件が送致され又は送付されているものであつて、司法警察員が現に捜査していることその他の事情に照らして司法警察員が送致し又は送付することが見込まれるものを除く。）について、逮捕若しくは勾留されている被疑者を第百九十八条第一項の規定により取り調べるとき又は被疑者に対し第二百四条第一項若しくは第二百五条第一項（第二百十一条及び第二百十六条においてこれらの規定を準用する場合を含む。）の規定により弁解の機会を与えるときは、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、被疑者の供述及びその状況を録音及び録画を同時に行う方法により記録媒体に記録しておかなければならない。司法警察職員が、第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる事件について、逮捕若しくは勾留されている被疑者を第百九十八条第一項の規定により取り調べるとき又は被疑者に対し第二百三条第一項（第二百十一条及び第二百十六条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により弁解の機会を与えるときも、同様とする。

English (Written for this site with AI, correcting the Ministry of Justice's English):

> When a public prosecutor or a public prosecutor's assistant officer interrogates a suspect under arrest or detention pursuant to the provisions of Article 198, paragraph (1) with regard to the case set forth in one of items of paragraph (1) (excluding cases set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph for which a related case has been referred or sent and which are expected to be referred or sent by a judicial police officer in light of the actual investigation conducted by the judicial police officer and other circumstances), or gives the suspect an opportunity for explanation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 204 or 205 (including cases when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 211 and 216), the public prosecutor or public prosecutor's assistant officer must record statements made by the suspect and the circumstances on a recording medium by a method of recording sound and images simultaneously, except in a case falling under one of the following items; the same applies when a judicial police official interrogates a suspect under arrest or detention pursuant to the provisions of Article 198, paragraph (1) or gives the suspect an opportunity for explanation pursuant to the provisions of Article 203, paragraph (1) (including cases when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 211 and 216) with regard to the case set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii):

## 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:

> 検察官又は検察事務官は、第一項各号に掲げる事件（同項第三号に掲げる事件のうち、関連する事件が送致され又は送付されているものであつて、司法警察員が現に捜査していることその他の事情に照らして司法警察員が送致し又は送付することが見込まれるものを除く。）について、逮捕若しくは勾留されている被疑者を第百九十八条第一項の規定により取り調べるとき又は被疑者に対し第二百四条第一項若しくは第二百五条第一項（第二百十一条及び第二百十六条においてこれらの規定を準用する場合を含む。）の規定により弁解の機会を与えるときは、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、被疑者の供述及びその状況を録音及び録画を同時に行う方法により電磁的記録として記録しておかなければならない。司法警察職員が、第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる事件について、逮捕若しくは勾留されている被疑者を第百九十八条第一項の規定により取り調べるとき又は被疑者に対し第二百三条第一項（第二百十一条及び第二百十六条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により弁解の機会を与えるときも、同様とする。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> When a public prosecutor or a public prosecutor's assistant officer interrogates a suspect under arrest or detention pursuant to the provisions of Article 198, paragraph (1) with regard to the case set forth in one of items of paragraph (1) (excluding cases set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph for which a related case has been referred or sent and which are expected to be referred or sent by a judicial police officer in light of the actual investigation conducted by the judicial police officer and other circumstances), or gives the suspect an opportunity for explanation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 204 or 205 (including cases when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 211 and 216), the public prosecutor or public prosecutor's assistant officer must record statements made by the suspect and the circumstances as an electronic or magnetic record by a method of recording sound and images simultaneously, except in a case falling under one of the following items; the same applies when a judicial police official interrogates a suspect under arrest or detention pursuant to the provisions of Article 198, paragraph (1) or gives the suspect an opportunity for explanation pursuant to the provisions of Article 203, paragraph (1) (including cases when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 211 and 216) with regard to the case set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii):

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## 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)