# 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-4281-54/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-4281-54/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-4281-54/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-4281-54/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3 **第一項** 裁判所は、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の日（以下「第三号施行日」という。）前においても、勾引された被告人に対し、弁護士、弁護士法人又は弁護士会を指定して弁護人の選任を申し出ることができる旨及びその申出先を教示することができる。この場合においては、第一条の規定による改正前の刑事訴訟法（以下「第一条による改正前の法」という。）第七十六条第二項及び第三項の規定を準用する。 suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-1 The court may, even before the day on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "item (iii) Effective Date"), inform a subpoenaed defendant that the defendant may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made. In this case, the provisions of Article 76, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act Before Amendment by Article 1") apply mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定による教示をされた被告人については、当該事件について重ねて前条第一項の規定による教示をすることを要しない。 suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-2 A defendant who has been informed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph need not be informed again with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. machine translation, not official **第三項** 裁判所は、第三号施行日前においても、第一条による改正前の法第六十一条本文の規定により被告事件を告げられる被告人（勾引に引き続き同条本文の規定により被告事件を告げられる被告人を除く。）又は勾留されている被告人（逮捕又は勾引に引き続き勾留されている被告人を除く。）に対し、弁護士、弁護士法人又は弁護士会を指定して弁護人の選任を申し出ることができる旨及びその申出先を教示することができる。この場合においては、第一条による改正前の法第七十六条第二項の規定を準用する。 suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-3 The court may, even before the item (iii) Effective Date, inform a defendant who is informed of the case charged pursuant to the main clause of Article 61 of the Act Before Amendment by Article 1 (excluding a defendant who is informed of the case charged following a subpoena pursuant to the main clause of Article 61 of the Act Before Amendment by Article 1) or a defendant who is detained (excluding a defendant who is detained following an arrest or subpoena) that the defendant may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made. In this case, the provisions of Article 76, paragraph (2) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 1 apply mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の規定による教示をされた被告人については、当該事件について重ねて前条第二項の規定による教示をすることを要しない。 suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-4 A defendant who has been informed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph need not be informed again with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article. machine translation, not official **第五項** 裁判官は逮捕に引き続き第一条による改正前の法第二百八十条第二項の規定により被告事件を告げられる被告人に対し、裁判所は勾引に引き続き第一条による改正前の法第六十一条本文の規定により被告事件を告げられる被告人又は勾留されている被告人（逮捕又は勾引に引き続き勾留されている者に限る。）に対し、それぞれ、第三号施行日前においても、第一条による改正前の法第七十七条第一項に規定する事項を告げるとともに、弁護士、弁護士法人又は弁護士会を指定して弁護人の選任を申し出ることができる旨及びその申出先を教示することができる。この場合においては、第一条による改正前の法第七十六条第二項の規定を準用する。 suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-5 A judge may, with respect to a defendant who is informed of the case charged pursuant to Article 280, paragraph (2) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 1 following an arrest, and the court may, with respect to a defendant who is informed of the case charged pursuant to the main clause of Article 61 of the Act Before Amendment by Article 1 following a subpoena or a defendant who is detained (limited to a person detained following an arrest or subpoena), respectively, even before the item (iii) Effective Date, notify the defendant of the matters prescribed in Article 77, paragraph (1) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 1 and inform the defendant that the defendant may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made. In this case, the provisions of Article 76, paragraph (2) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 1 apply mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第六項** 前項の規定による告知及び教示をされた被告人については、当該事件について重ねて前条第三項の規定による告知及び教示をすることを要しない。 suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-6 A defendant who has been notified and informed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph need not be notified and informed again with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-1: 附則第一条第三号 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-4281-54/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-1/par-1/item-3 - suppl-4281-54/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-4281-54/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-1 - suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-2: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3)), suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-3 - suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-4: 前条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-2 - suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-6: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (5)), suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-5 - suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-6: 前条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (3)), suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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-4281-54/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-4281-54/art-3/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-3/par-6 --- ## 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-20261106T054114-022, 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