# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第六章の二 (Part 1, Chapter 6-2)
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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: 第六章の二 (Part 1, Chapter 6-2) — address `pt-1/ch-6-2`
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## 第六章の二 電子情報処理組織による申立て等 — Chapter VI-2 Petitions, etc. by Electronic Data Processing System
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pt-1/ch-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2
### 第五十四条の二
art-54-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-2
**第一項** 申立て、請求その他の裁判所若しくは裁判長又は裁判官に対してする申述（以下「申立て等」という。）であつて、当該申立て等に関するこの法律の規定により書面をもつてするものとされているものについては、当該規定にかかわらず、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、裁判所の規則で定める電子情報処理組織（裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機と申立て等をする者の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。次条において同じ。）を使用して当該書面に記載すべき事項をファイルに記録する方法又は当該事項を記録した記録媒体を裁判所若しくは裁判長若しくは裁判官に提出する方法によりすることができる。
art-54-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-2/par-1
A petition, request or other statement made to a court, presiding judge or judge (hereinafter referred to as a "petition, etc.") that is provided by the provisions of this Code concerning such petition, etc. to be made in writing may, notwithstanding those provisions and pursuant to the Rules of Court, be made by the method of recording the particulars to be stated in said document in the file using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of Court (meaning an electronic data processing system connecting the computer used by the court and the computer used by the person making the petition, etc. via telecommunication lines; the same applies in the following Article) or by the method of submitting a recording medium on which those particulars are recorded to the court, presiding judge or judge.
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**第二項** 前項の方法によりされた申立て等については、当該申立て等を書面をもつてするものとして規定したこの法律の規定に規定する書面をもつてされたものとみなして、この法律その他の当該申立て等に関する法令の規定を適用する。ただし、当該法令に特別の定めがあるときは、この限りでない。
art-54-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-2/par-2
With regard to a petition, etc. made by the method set forth in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of this Code and other laws and regulations concerning the petition, etc. apply as if it had been made in writing as prescribed in the provisions of this Code that provide for the petition, etc. to be made in writing; provided, however, that this does not apply where there is a special provision in those laws and regulations.
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**第三項** 第一項の電子情報処理組織を使用してファイルに記録する方法によりされた申立て等は、当該申立て等に係る事項がファイルに記録された時に裁判所若しくは裁判長又は裁判官に到達したものとみなす。
art-54-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-2/par-3
A petition, etc. made by the method of recording in the file using the electronic data processing system under paragraph (1) is deemed to have reached the court, presiding judge or judge at the time when the particulars pertaining to the petition, etc. were recorded in the file.
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### 第五十四条の三
art-54-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3
**第一項** 検察官及び弁護士である弁護人は、申立て等については、口頭でする場合を除き、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、裁判所の規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用して当該申立て等に係る事項をファイルに記録する方法又は当該事項を記録した記録媒体を裁判所若しくは裁判長若しくは裁判官に提出する方法によりしなければならない。ただし、次に掲げる申立て等については、この限りでない。
art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3/par-1
A public prosecutor and a defense counsel who is an attorney must, with regard to a petition, etc., except where it is made orally, pursuant to the Rules of Court, make it by the method of recording the particulars pertaining to the petition, etc. in the file using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of Court or by the method of submitting a recording medium on which those particulars are recorded to the court, presiding judge or judge; provided, however, that this does not apply to the following petitions, etc.:
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**一** 令状の請求
art-54-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3/par-1/item-1
a request for a warrant;
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**二** 道路交通法（昭和三十五年法律第百五号）第八章又は自動車の保管場所の確保等に関する法律（昭和三十七年法律第百四十五号）第十七条若しくは第十八条の罪に係る事件に係る略式命令の請求及びこれと同時にする公訴の提起（これらの事件の簡易かつ迅速な処理に関する準則で定める様式の書面によりするものに限る。）
art-54-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3/par-1/item-2
a request for a summary order in a case pertaining to an offense under Chapter VIII of the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 105 of 1960) or Article 17 or Article 18 of the Act on Assurance of Car Parking Spaces and Other Matters (Act No. 145 of 1962), and institution of prosecution made at the same time (limited to those made in a document in the form specified by the rules on simple and prompt handling of these cases);
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**三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、裁判所の規則で定める申立て等
art-54-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3/par-1/item-3
petitions, etc. specified by the Rules of Court other than those set forth in the preceding two items.
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**第二項** 前項の規定は、検察官又は弁護士である弁護人が、同項の電子情報処理組織に係る電子計算機の故障その他のその責めに帰することができない事由により、同項の方法により申立て等をすることができない場合には、適用しない。
art-54-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3/par-2
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply where a public prosecutor or a defense counsel who is an attorney is unable to file a petition, etc. by the method set forth in that paragraph due to a failure of a computer pertaining to the electronic data processing system set forth in that paragraph or any other grounds not attributable to the public prosecutor or the defense counsel.
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### 第五十四条の四
art-54-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-4
**第一項** 申立て等が、書面によりされたとき（前条第一項の規定に違反してされたとき及び当該申立て等が同項ただし書に該当するときを除く。）、又は裁判所の規則の定めるところにより当該申立て等に係る事項を記録した記録媒体を提出する方法によりされたときは、裁判所書記官は、当該書面に記載され、又は当該記録媒体に記録されている事項をファイルに記録しなければならない。ただし、当該事項をファイルに記録することにつき困難な事情があるときは、この限りでない。
art-54-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-4/par-1
When a petition, etc. is made in writing (excluding when it is made in violation of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and when the petition, etc. falls under the proviso to that paragraph), or is made by submitting a recording medium on which the matters pertaining to the petition, etc. are recorded as prescribed by the Rules of Court, the court clerk must record the matters stated in the document or recorded on the recording medium in a file; provided, however, that this does not apply where there are difficult circumstances in recording those matters in a file.
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## Cites
- art-54-2/par-1: 次条 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十四条の三 (Article 54-3), art-54-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3
- art-54-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-2/par-1
- art-54-2/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-2/par-1
- art-54-3/par-1/item-2: 自動車の保管場所の確保等に関する法律（昭和三十七年法律第百四十五号）第十七条 → e-Gov law 337AC0000000145, 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — not held in this collection
- art-54-3/par-1/item-2: 第十八条 → e-Gov law 337AC0000000145, 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — not held in this collection
- art-54-3/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十四条の三第一項第一号 (Article 54-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-54-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3/par-1/item-1
- art-54-3/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十四条の三第一項第二号 (Article 54-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-54-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3/par-1/item-2
- art-54-3/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十四条の三第一項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (1)), art-54-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3/par-1
- art-54-4/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十四条の三第一項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (1)), art-54-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-6-2#art-54-3/par-1
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