# Article 316-15, paragraph (1), item (ix), its wordings — Code of Criminal Procedure

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How the wording of Article 316-15, paragraph (1), item (ix) (第三百十六条の十五第一項第九号) 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 316-15, paragraph (1), item (ix) (第三百十六条の十五第一項第九号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-9 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-9)
- 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:

> 検察官請求証拠である証拠物の押収手続等記録書面（押収手続又は電磁的記録提供命令（第百二条の二第一項第一号ロに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。以下この号において同じ。）により電磁的記録を提供させる手続の記録に関する準則に基づき、検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員が職務上作成することを義務付けられている書面であつて、証拠物の押収又は電磁的記録提供命令による電磁的記録の提供に関し、その押収者、押収の年月日、押収場所その他の押収の状況又はその命令をした者、電磁的記録の提供の年月日その他の電磁的記録提供命令による電磁的記録の提供の状況を記録したものをいう。次項及び第三項第二号イにおいて同じ。）

English (Machine translation, not official):

> recorded seizure procedure documents of articles of evidence that are evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor (meaning documents which public prosecutors, public prosecutor's assistant officers or judicial police officials are obliged to prepare in the course of duties under the rules relating to records of seizure procedures or of procedures for having electronic or magnetic records provided by an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order that orders provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (b); hereinafter the same applies in this item), in which the person who seized, the date, place and other circumstances of the seizure of articles of evidence, or the person who made the order, the date of the provision of electronic or magnetic records and other circumstances of the provision of electronic or magnetic records by an order to provide electronic or magnetic records are recorded; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (3), item (ii), (a)).

## 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:

> 検察官請求証拠である証拠物の押収手続等記録書面等（押収手続又は電磁的記録提供命令（第百二条の二第一項第一号ロに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。以下この号において同じ。）により電磁的記録を提供させる手続の記録に関する準則に基づき、検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員が職務上作成することを義務付けられている書面又は電磁的記録であつて、押収又は電磁的記録提供命令による電磁的記録の提供に関し、その押収をした者、押収の年月日、押収場所その他の押収の状況又はその命令をした者、電磁的記録の提供の年月日その他の電磁的記録提供命令による電磁的記録の提供の状況を記録したものをいう。次項及び第三項第二号イにおいて同じ。）

English (Machine translation, not official):

> recorded seizure procedure documents, etc. of articles of evidence that are evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor (meaning documents or electronic or magnetic records which public prosecutors, public prosecutor's assistant officers or judicial police officials are obliged to prepare in the course of duties under the rules relating to records of seizure procedures or of procedures for having electronic or magnetic records provided by an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order that orders provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (b); hereinafter the same applies in this item), in which, with regard to the seizure or the provision of electronic or magnetic records by an order to provide electronic or magnetic records, the person who made the seizure, the date, place and other circumstances of the seizure, or the person who made the order, the date of the provision of electronic or magnetic records and other circumstances of the provision of electronic or magnetic records by an order to provide electronic or magnetic records are recorded; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (3), item (ii), (a)).

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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)
