# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3. 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-4161-62/art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三条 suppl-4161-62/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3 **第一項** 司法警察員は、附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に新法第三十七条の二第一項に規定する事件について逮捕されている被疑者（附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定の施行の日前に検察官に送致する手続をした者を除く。）に対し、速やかに新法第二百三条第三項に規定する事項を教示しなければならない。ただし、被疑者に弁護人があるとき又は被疑者が釈放されたときは、この限りでない。 suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-1 A judicial police officer must promptly inform a suspect who, at the time of the enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, is under arrest for a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act (excluding a person for whom the procedure for referral to a public prosecutor was carried out before the date of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions) of the matters prescribed in Article 203, paragraph (3) of the New Act; provided, however, that this does not apply when the suspect has defense counsel or the suspect has been released. machine translation, not official **第二項** 検察官は、附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に新法第三十七条の二第一項に規定する事件について逮捕されている被疑者（前項に規定する被疑者を除く。）及び同条第一項に規定する事件以外の事件について逮捕され附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定の施行の日前に同項に規定する事件について送致された被疑者（次項に規定する被疑者を除く。）に対し、速やかに新法第二百四条第二項に規定する事項を教示しなければならない。ただし、被疑者に弁護人があるとき又は被疑者が釈放されたときは、この限りでない。 suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-2 A public prosecutor must promptly inform a suspect who, at the time of the enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, is under arrest for a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act (excluding a suspect prescribed in the preceding paragraph), and a suspect who has been arrested for a case other than a case prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article and has been referred for a case prescribed in that paragraph before the date of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding a suspect prescribed in the following paragraph), of the matters prescribed in Article 204, paragraph (2) of the New Act; provided, however, that this does not apply when the suspect has defense counsel or the suspect has been released. machine translation, not official **第三項** 検察官は、附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に新法第三十七条の二第一項に規定する事件について勾留状が発せられている被疑者に対し、速やかに貧困その他の事由により自ら弁護人を選任することができないときは裁判官に対して弁護人の選任を請求することができる旨並びに裁判官に対して弁護人の選任を請求するには資力申告書を提出しなければならない旨及びその資力が基準額以上であるときは、あらかじめ、弁護士会（新法第三十七条の三第二項の規定により新法第三十一条の二第一項の申出をすべき弁護士会をいう。）に弁護人の選任の申出をしていなければならない旨を教示しなければならない。ただし、被疑者に弁護人があるとき又は被疑者が釈放されたときは、この限りでない。 suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-3 A public prosecutor must promptly inform a suspect against whom, at the time of the enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, a detention warrant has been issued for a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act that, when the suspect is unable to appoint defense counsel on the suspect's own due to poverty or any other grounds, the suspect may request a judge to appoint defense counsel, that a report on personal financial resources must be submitted in order to request a judge to appoint defense counsel, and that, when the suspect's Financial Resources are the base amount or more, the suspect must have first made a request for the appointment of defense counsel to a bar association (meaning the bar association to which the request under Article 31-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act is to be made pursuant to Article 37-3, paragraph (2) of the New Act); provided, however, that this does not apply when the suspect has defense counsel or the suspect has been released. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-1: 附則第一条第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-4161-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-1: 新法第三十七条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の二第一項 (Article 37-2, paragraph (1)), art-37-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-2/par-1 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-1: 新法第二百三条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百三条第三項 (Article 203, paragraph (3)), art-203/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-203/par-3 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-2: 附則第一条第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-4161-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-2: 新法第三十七条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の二第一項 (Article 37-2, paragraph (1)), art-37-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-2/par-1 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-1 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-2: 次項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3)), suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-3 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-2: 新法第二百四条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百四条第二項 (Article 204, paragraph (2)), art-204/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-204/par-2 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-3: 附則第一条第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-4161-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-3: 新法第三十七条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の二第一項 (Article 37-2, paragraph (1)), art-37-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-2/par-1 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-3: 新法第三十七条の三第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の三第二項 (Article 37-3, paragraph (2)), art-37-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3/par-2 - suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-3: 新法第三十一条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十一条の二第一項 (Article 31-2, paragraph (1)), art-31-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-31-2/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-4/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第七条第一項（第二条の規定による刑事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-7/par-1 --- ## 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-20261106T054114-021, 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