# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4031-31. 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4031-31` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4031-31 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成三年四月一七日法律第三一号 suppl-4031-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4031-31 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して二十日を経過した日から施行する。 suppl-4031-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4031-31/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day on which 20 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第四項** この法律の施行前に犯した刑法の罪に係る刑事訴訟法第六十条第三項、第百九十九条第一項及び第二百十七条の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4031-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4031-31/par-4 With regard to the application of Article 60, paragraph (3), Article 199, paragraph (1) and Article 217 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to a crime under the Penal Code committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4031-31/par-4: 刑事訴訟法第六十条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十条第三項 (Article 60, paragraph (3)), art-60/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60/par-3 - suppl-4031-31/par-4: 第百九十九条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十九条第一項 (Article 199, paragraph (1)), art-199/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199/par-1 - suppl-4031-31/par-4: 第二百十七条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百十七条 (Article 217), art-217 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-217 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-019, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-020, translated 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