# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百七十条 (Article 270)

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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: 第二百七十条 (Article 270) — address `art-270`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第二百七十条
<sup>art-270 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-270</sup>

  **第一項**  検察官は、公訴の提起後は、訴訟に関する書類及び証拠物を閲覧し、及び謄写することができる。
  <sup>art-270/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-270/par-1</sup>
  The public prosecutor may inspect and copy the documents and articles of evidence relating to trials after prosecution has been instituted.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、第百五十七条の六第五項に規定する記録媒体は、謄写することができない。
  <sup>art-270/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-270/par-2</sup>
  Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the recording medium provided in Article 157-6, paragraph (5) may not be copied.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-270/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十条第一項 (Article 270, paragraph (1)), art-270/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-270/par-1
- art-270/par-2: 第百五十七条の六第五項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百五十七条の六第五項 (Article 157-6, paragraph (5)), art-157-6/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-157-6/par-5

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-270/par-2

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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-20261106T054114-008, 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