# 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-4291-67. 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-4291-67` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4291-67 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成二九年六月二一日法律第六七号 suppl-4291-67 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4291-67 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4291-67/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4291-67/art-1 **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-4291-67/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4291-67/art-1/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 ### 第十二条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4291-67/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4291-67/art-12 **第一項** 政府は、刑事訴訟法等の一部を改正する法律附則第九条第一項の規定により同項に規定する取調べの録音・録画等に関する制度の在り方について検討を行うに当たっては、新組織的犯罪処罰法第六条の二第一項及び第二項の規定の適用状況並びにこれらの規定の罪に係る事件の捜査及び公判の状況等を踏まえ、特に、当該罪に係る事件における証拠の収集の方法として刑事訴訟法第百九十八条第一項の規定による取調べが重要な意義を有するとの指摘があることにも留意して、可及的速やかに、当該罪に係る事件に関する当該制度の在り方について検討を加えるものとする。 suppl-4291-67/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4291-67/art-12/par-1 In examining the way the system for audio and video recording, etc. of interrogations prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Code of Criminal Procedure, etc. should be pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the government is to examine, as promptly as possible, the way that system should be with regard to cases relating to the crimes under Article 6-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the New Organized Crime Punishment Act, in light of the status of application of those provisions and the status of investigation and trial of cases relating to the crimes under those provisions, etc., and bearing in mind in particular that it has been pointed out that interrogation pursuant to the provisions of Article 198, paragraph (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure has an important significance as a method of collecting evidence in cases relating to those crimes. machine translation, not official **第二項** 政府は、新組織的犯罪処罰法第六条の二第一項及び第二項の罪に係る事件の捜査に全地球測位システムに係る端末を車両に取り付けて位置情報を検索し把握する方法を用いることが、事案の真相を明らかにするための証拠の収集に資するものである一方、最高裁判所平成二八年（あ）第四四二号同二九年三月一五日大法廷判決において、当該方法を用いた捜査が、刑事訴訟法上、特別の根拠規定がある場合でなければ許容されない強制の処分に当たり、当該方法を用いた捜査が今後も広く用いられ得る有力な捜査方法であるとすれば、これを行うに当たっては立法措置が講ぜられることが望ましい旨が指摘されていることを踏まえ、この法律の施行後速やかに、当該方法を用いた捜査を行うための制度の在り方について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4291-67/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4291-67/art-12/par-2 The government is to examine, promptly after this Act comes into effect, the way the system for conducting investigations using a method of attaching a terminal relating to the Global Positioning System to a vehicle and searching for and ascertaining location information should be, and, if it finds it necessary, to take required measures based on the results, in light of the fact that, while using that method in the investigation of cases relating to the crimes under Article 6-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the New Organized Crime Punishment Act contributes to collecting evidence for clarifying the factual background of the case, it was pointed out in the judgment of the Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of March 15, 2017 (2016 (A) No. 442) that an investigation using that method constitutes a compulsory measure that is not permissible under the Code of Criminal Procedure unless there is a special provision as its basis, and that, if an investigation using that method is an effective investigative method that may continue to be widely used, it is desirable that legislative measures be taken in conducting it. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4291-67/art-12/par-1: 刑事訴訟法第百九十八条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十八条第一項 (Article 198, paragraph (1)), art-198/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-1 - suppl-4291-67/art-12/par-2: 第四四二号 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第十二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12, paragraph (2)), suppl-4291-67/art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4291-67/art-12/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 附則第十二条第二項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4291-67/art-12/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-20261106T054114-023, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-023, 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