# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百三十五条 (Article 235)

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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: 第二百三十五条 (Article 235) — address `art-235`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第二百三十五条
<sup>art-235 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-235</sup>

  **第一項**  親告罪の告訴は、犯人を知つた日から六箇月を経過したときは、これをすることができない。ただし、刑法第二百三十二条第二項の規定により外国の代表者が行う告訴及び日本国に派遣された外国の使節に対する同法第二百三十条又は第二百三十一条の罪につきその使節が行う告訴については、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-235/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-235/par-1</sup>
  With regard to an offense prosecutable upon a criminal complaint, no criminal complaint may be made after the lapse of six months from the day on which the complainant knew the offender; provided, however, that this does not apply to a criminal complaint made by the representative of a foreign state pursuant to the provisions of Article 232, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code, or a criminal complaint made with regard to the crime under Article 230 or 231 of the same Code against a foreign mission sent to Japan by the mission.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-235/par-1: 刑法第二百三十二条第二項 → 刑法 第二百三十二条第二項 (Article 232, paragraph (2)), art-232/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/penal-code/art-232/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045)
- art-235/par-1: 同法第二百三十条 → 刑法 第二百三十条 (Article 230), art-230 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/penal-code/art-230 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045)
- art-235/par-1: 第二百三十一条 → 刑法 第二百三十一条 (Article 231), art-231 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/penal-code/art-231 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045)

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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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06