# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百七十八条の三 (Article 278-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3. 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: 第二百七十八条の三 (Article 278-3) — address `art-278-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百七十八条の三 art-278-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3 **第一項** 裁判所は、必要と認めるときは、検察官又は弁護人に対し、公判準備又は公判期日に出頭し、かつ、これらの手続が行われている間在席し又は在廷することを命ずることができる。 art-278-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-1 The court may, when it deems it necessary, have the public prosecutor or defense counsel appear for the trial preparation or trial date and order said person to be present during these proceedings or to be present in court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判長は、急速を要する場合には、前項に規定する命令をし、又は合議体の構成員にこれをさせることができる。 art-278-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-2 The presiding judge may, in a case requiring urgency, give the order set forth in the provisions of the preceding paragraph or may delegate the order to a judge who is a member of a panel. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定による命令を受けた検察官又は弁護人が正当な理由がなくこれに従わないときは、決定で、十万円以下の過料に処し、かつ、その命令に従わないために生じた費用の賠償を命ずることができる。 art-278-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-3 If the public prosecutor or defense counsel, who is subject to an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, disobeys the order without a justifiable reason, the court may punish said person by making a ruling for a non-criminal fine of not more than 100,000 yen and order said person to compensate for the expenses incurred due to disobeying said order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-278-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-4 An immediate appeal against the ruling prescribed in the preceding paragraph may be filed. machine translation, not official **第五項** 裁判所は、第三項の決定をしたときは、検察官については当該検察官を指揮監督する権限を有する者に、弁護士である弁護人については当該弁護士の所属する弁護士会又は日本弁護士連合会に通知し、適当な処置をとるべきことを請求しなければならない。 art-278-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-5 If the court has rendered the ruling set forth in paragraph (3), it must notify the person with the authority to direct and supervise the public prosecutor with regard to such prosecutor and the bar association to which the attorney belongs or the Japan Federation of Bar Associations with regard to the attorney who is acting as defense counsel, and must request that appropriate measures be taken. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の規定による請求を受けた者は、そのとつた処置を裁判所に通知しなければならない。 art-278-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-6 The person who has received the request pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must notify the court of the measures that were taken. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-278-3/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第一項 (Article 278-3, paragraph (1)), art-278-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-1 - art-278-3/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第一項 (Article 278-3, paragraph (1)), art-278-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-1 - art-278-3/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第二項 (Article 278-3, paragraph (2)), art-278-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-2 - art-278-3/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第三項 (Article 278-3, paragraph (3)), art-278-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-3 - art-278-3/par-5: 第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第三項 (Article 278-3, paragraph (3)), art-278-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-3 - art-278-3/par-6: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第五項 (Article 278-3, paragraph (5)), art-278-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-5 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-5 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十八条の三第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-278-3/par-6 --- ## 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-20261106T054114-010, 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