# 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-4161-156. 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-4161-156` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-156 - 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 平成一六年一二月八日法律第一五六号 suppl-4161-156 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-156 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-156/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-156/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-4161-156/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-156/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-156/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-156/art-3 **第一項** suppl-4161-156/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-156/art-3/par-1 **第二項** この法律の施行前に犯した罪の公訴時効の期間については、第二条の規定による改正後の刑事訴訟法第二百五十条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4161-156/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-156/art-3/par-2 With regard to the period of the statute of limitations for prosecution of a crime committed before the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 250 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 2. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-156/art-3/par-2: 刑事訴訟法第二百五十条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百五十条 (Article 250), art-250 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-250 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4221-26/art-3/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第五条第二項（公訴時効に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-66/art-5/par-2 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-021, 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