# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（この法律の施行の日の前日までの間の読替え等） — address `suppl-5051-28/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第二条（この法律の施行の日の前日までの間の読替え等） — Replacement of Terms, etc. for the Period until the Day Preceding the Effective Date of This Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5051-28/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  第一条の規定による改正後の刑事訴訟法（以下「新刑事訴訟法」という。）目次中「第九十八条の二十四」とあるのは、第三号施行日から前条第五号に掲げる規定の施行の日（以下この項及び第三項において「第五号施行日」という。）の前日までの間は「第九十八条の三」と、第五号施行日からこの法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）の前日までの間は「第九十八条の十一」とする。
<sup>suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-1</sup>
In the table of contents of the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Code of Criminal Procedure"), the phrase "Article 98-24" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 98-3" during the period from the item (iii) Effective Date until the day preceding the day on which the provisions set forth in item (v) of the preceding Article come into effect (hereinafter in this paragraph and paragraph (3) referred to as the "item (v) Effective Date"), and with "Article 98-11" during the period from the item (v) Effective Date until the day preceding the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date").
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第三号施行日から施行日の前日までの間における新刑事訴訟法第九十六条第七項の規定の適用については、同項中「含む。第九十八条の十七第一項第二号及び第四号において同じ」とあるのは、「含む」とする。
<sup>suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-2</sup>
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 96, paragraph (7) of the New Code of Criminal Procedure during the period from the item (iii) Effective Date until the day preceding the Effective Date, the phrase "including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414; the same applies in Article 98-17, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iv)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第五号施行日から施行日の前日までの間における新刑事訴訟法第九十八条の四第二項の規定の適用については、同項中「、第九十八条の十一及び第九十八条の十八第三項」とあるのは、「及び第九十八条の十一」とする。
<sup>suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-3</sup>
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 98-4, paragraph (2) of the New Code of Criminal Procedure during the period from the item (v) Effective Date until the day preceding the Effective Date, the phrase "paragraph (2), Article 98-11 and Article 98-18, paragraph (3)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (2) and Article 98-11".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-1: 前条第五号 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第五号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (v)), suppl-5051-28/art-1/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-1/par-1/item-5
- suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-1: この項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-1
- suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-1: 第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (3)), suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-3
- suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-2: 新刑事訴訟法第九十六条第七項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第七項 (Article 96, paragraph (7)), art-96/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-7
- suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-3: 新刑事訴訟法第九十八条の四第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の四第二項 (Article 98-4, paragraph (2)), art-98-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-2
- suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-3: 第九十八条の十一 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の十一 (Article 98-11), art-98-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-11

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第三号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-1/par-1/item-3
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第五号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-1/par-1/item-5
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第一項（この法律の施行の日の前日までの間の読替え等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-1

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## 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-20261106T054114-024, 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
