# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百四十四条 (Article 244) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-244. 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: 第二百四十四条 (Article 244) — address `art-244` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-244 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百四十四条 art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-244 **第一項** 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又はその取消は、第二百四十一条及び前条の規定にかかわらず、外務大臣にこれをすることができる。日本国に派遣された外国の使節に対する刑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又はその取消も、同様である。 art-244/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-244/par-1 A criminal complaint or withdrawal thereof made by the representative of a foreign country pursuant to the provisions of Article 232, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code may be filed with the Minister for Foreign Affairs notwithstanding the provisions of Article 241 and the preceding Article. The same applies to a criminal complaint or withdrawal thereof regarding an offense against a foreign mission sent to Japan as prescribed in Article 230 or 231 of the Penal Code, made by such mission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-244/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-244/par-1: 第二百四十一条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百四十一条 (Article 241), art-241 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-241 - art-244/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百四十三条 (Article 243), art-243 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-243 - art-244/par-1: 刑法第二百三十条 → 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-244/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) --- ## 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