# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百四条の二 (Article 304-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-304-2. 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: 第三百四条の二 (Article 304-2) — address `art-304-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-304-2 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百四条の二 art-304-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-304-2 **第一項** 裁判所は、証人を尋問する場合において、証人が被告人の面前（第百五十七条の五第一項に規定する措置を採る場合並びに第百五十七条の六第一項及び第二項に規定する方法による場合を含む。）においては圧迫を受け充分な供述をすることができないと認めるときは、弁護人が出頭している場合に限り、検察官及び弁護人の意見を聴き、その証人の供述中被告人を退廷させることができる。この場合には、供述終了後被告人を入廷させ、これに証言の要旨を告知し、その証人を尋問する機会を与えなければならない。 art-304-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-304-2/par-1 When a court examines a witness and finds that the witness feels pressure and is unable to give sufficient testimony in the presence of the defendant (including cases when the measures provided in Article 157-5, paragraph (1) or the means provided in Article 157-6, paragraph (1) or (2) are taken), the court may have the defendant leave the courtroom during the testimony of the witness, after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defense counsel, only when the defense counsel is present. In this case, after the witness has testified, the court must have the defendant enter the courtroom, notify the defendant of an outline of the testimony and give the defendant an opportunity to examine the witness. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a court examines a witness and finds that the witness feels pressure and is unable to give sufficient testimony in the presence of the accused (including cases when the measures provided in Article 157-5, paragraph (1) or the means provided in Article 157-6, paragraph (1) or (2) are taken), the court may have the accused leave the courtroom during the testimony of the witness, after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defense counsel, only when the defense counsel is present. In this case, after the witness has testified, the court must have the accused enter the courtroom, notify the accused of an outline of the testimony and give the accused an opportunity to examine the witness." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-304-2/par-1: 第百五十七条の五第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百五十七条の五第一項 (Article 157-5, paragraph (1)), art-157-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-157-5/par-1 - art-304-2/par-1: 第百五十七条の六第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百五十七条の六第一項 (Article 157-6, paragraph (1)), art-157-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-157-6/par-1 - art-304-2/par-1: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百五十七条の六第二項 (Article 157-6, paragraph (2)), art-157-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-157-6/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百七条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-307-3/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の二十四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-24/par-1 --- ## 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 304-2, 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 — 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