# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百六十八条 (Article 268) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268. 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: 第二百六十八条 (Article 268) — address `art-268` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百六十八条 art-268 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268 **第一項** 裁判所は、第二百六十六条第二号の規定により事件がその裁判所の審判に付されたときは、その事件について公訴の維持にあたる者を弁護士の中から指定しなければならない。 art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-1 Where a case has been committed to trial pursuant to the provisions of Article 266, item (ii), the court must appoint a person who maintains the prosecution of such case from among attorneys. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Where a case has been committed to trial pursuant to the provisions of Article 266, item (ii), the court must appoint one attorney who maintains the prosecution of such case from among the attorneys." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 前項の指定を受けた弁護士は、事件について公訴を維持するため、裁判の確定に至るまで検察官の職務を行う。但し、検察事務官及び司法警察職員に対する捜査の指揮は、検察官に嘱託してこれをしなければならない。 art-268/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-2 The attorney appointed as prescribed in the preceding paragraph exercises the same function as a public prosecutor in order to maintain the prosecution until the decision has become final and binding; provided however, that with regard to issuing orders to a public prosecutor's assistant officer or a judicial police official for investigation the appointed attorney must do so by commissioning a public prosecutor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定により検察官の職務を行う弁護士は、これを法令により公務に従事する職員とみなす。 art-268/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-3 The attorney who exercises the same function as a public prosecutor pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to be an official engaged in public service in accordance with laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、第一項の指定を受けた弁護士がその職務を行うに適さないと認めるときその他特別の事情があるときは、何時でもその指定を取り消すことができる。 art-268/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-4 The court may cancel the appointment of the attorney set forth in paragraph (1) at any time if it finds that the attorney is not suitable to exercise the duties or there are any other special circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court may cancel the appointment of the attorney set forth in paragraph (1) at any time if it finds that the attorney is not qualified to exercise its duties or there are any other special circumstances." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第五項** 第一項の指定を受けた弁護士には、政令で定める額の手当を給する。 art-268/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-5 The attorney appointed as set forth in paragraph (1) is given an allowance as provided in a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-268/par-1: 第二百六十六条第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十六条第一項第二号 (Article 266, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-266/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-266/par-1/item-2 - art-268/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十八条第一項 (Article 268, paragraph (1)), art-268/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-1 - art-268/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十八条第二項 (Article 268, paragraph (2)), art-268/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-2 - art-268/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十八条第一項 (Article 268, paragraph (1)), art-268/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-1 - art-268/par-5: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十八条第一項 (Article 268, paragraph (1)), art-268/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十八条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十八条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-268/par-5 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-351/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Code of Criminal Procedure, written 2026-11-06 - 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 268, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 268, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), 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