# Article 350-19, paragraph (1), its wordings — Code of Criminal Procedure

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How the wording of Article 350-19, paragraph (1) (第三百五十条の十九第一項) 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 350-19, paragraph (1) (第三百五十条の十九第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-19/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-19/par-1)
- 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:

> 検察官は、即決裁判手続の申立てをした事件について、被告人又は弁護人に対し、第二百九十九条第一項の規定により証拠書類を閲覧する機会その他の同項に規定する機会を与えるべき場合には、できる限り速やかに、その機会を与えなければならない。

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

> In a case in which expedited trial proceedings have been petitioned, when the public prosecutor is to give the defendant or the defense counsel an opportunity to inspect the documentary evidence or other opportunity pursuant to the provisions of Article 299, paragraph (1), the public prosecutor must give the opportunity as promptly as possible.

## 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:

> 検察官は、即決裁判手続の申立てをした事件について、被告人又は弁護人に対し、第二百九十九条第一項の規定により証拠書類を閲覧する機会（証拠書類の全部又は一部が電磁的記録である場合における当該電磁的記録については、その内容を表示したものを閲覧し、又はその内容を再生したものを視聴する機会）その他の同項に規定する機会を与えるべき場合には、できる限り速やかに、その機会を与えなければならない。

English (Machine translation, corrected on review, not official):

> In a case in which expedited trial proceedings have been petitioned, when the public prosecutor is to give the defendant or the defense counsel an opportunity to inspect the documentary evidence (in the case where all or part of the documentary evidence is an electronic or magnetic record, with regard to that electronic or magnetic record, an opportunity to inspect what displays its contents or to view and listen to what reproduces its contents) or other opportunity pursuant to the provisions of Article 299, paragraph (1), the public prosecutor must give the opportunity as promptly as possible.

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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)