# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百五条 (Article 305)

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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: 第三百五条 (Article 305) — address `art-305`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三百五条
<sup>art-305 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305</sup>

    **第一項**  検察官、被告人又は弁護人の請求により、証拠書類の取調べをするについては、裁判長は、その取調べを請求した者にこれを朗読させなければならない。ただし、裁判長は、自らこれを朗読し、又は陪席の裁判官若しくは裁判所書記官にこれを朗読させることができる。
    <sup>art-305/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-1</sup>
    When a court examines documentary evidence upon request from a public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel, the presiding judge must order the person who has made the request to read the documents aloud; provided, however, that the presiding judge may personally read them aloud, or have an associate judge or a court clerk do so.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a court examines documentary evidence upon request from a public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel, the presiding judge must order the person who has made the request to read the documents aloud; provided, however, that the presiding judge may personally read them aloud, or have an associate judge or a court clerk do so." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

    **第二項**  裁判所が職権で証拠書類の取調べをするについては、裁判長は、自らその書類を朗読し、又は陪席の裁判官若しくは裁判所書記官にこれを朗読させなければならない。
    <sup>art-305/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-2</sup>
    When a court examines documentary evidence ex officio, the presiding judge must personally read the documents aloud, or have an associate judge or a court clerk do so.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  第二百九十条の二第一項又は第三項の決定があつたときは、前二項の規定による証拠書類の朗読は、被害者特定事項を明らかにしない方法でこれを行うものとする。
    <sup>art-305/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-3</sup>
    When a ruling under Article 290-2, paragraph (1) or (3) is rendered, reading documentary evidence aloud pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs shall be conducted by a method whereby particulars identifying the victim are not disclosed.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  第二百九十条の三第一項の決定があつた場合における第一項又は第二項の規定による証拠書類の朗読についても、前項と同様とする。この場合において、同項中「被害者特定事項」とあるのは、「証人等特定事項」とする。
    <sup>art-305/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-4</sup>
    The preceding paragraph also applies to the reading of documentary evidence pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2), when a ruling is rendered under Article 290-3, paragraph (1). In this case, the term "particulars identifying the victim" in the same paragraph is replaced with "particulars identifying the witness or the like."
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第五項**  第百五十七条の六第五項の規定により記録媒体がその一部とされた調書の取調べについては、第一項又は第二項の規定による朗読に代えて、当該記録媒体を再生するものとする。ただし、裁判長は、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴き、相当と認めるときは、当該記録媒体の再生に代えて、当該調書の取調べを請求した者、陪席の裁判官若しくは裁判所書記官に当該調書に記録された供述の内容を告げさせ、又は自らこれを告げることができる。
    <sup>art-305/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-5</sup>
    In the examination of a written statement, part of which contains a recording medium, pursuant to the provisions of Article 157-6, paragraph (5), the recording medium shall be played in lieu of reading aloud pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2); provided, however, that the presiding judge may, when finding it appropriate after hearing the opinions of a public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel, order the person who has requested the examination of that written statement, an associate judge or a court clerk to state, or personally state the content of the statement recorded in the written statement, in lieu of playing that recording medium.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第六項**  裁判所は、前項の規定により第百五十七条の六第五項に規定する記録媒体を再生する場合において、必要と認めるときは、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴き、第百五十七条の五に規定する措置を採ることができる。
    <sup>art-305/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-6</sup>
    When a court plays the recording medium provided in Article 157-6, paragraph (5) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and finds it necessary, the court may take the measures provided in Article 157-5, after hearing the opinions of a public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-305/par-3: 第二百九十条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十条の二第一項 (Article 290-2, paragraph (1)), art-290-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-2/par-1
- art-305/par-3: 第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十条の二第三項 (Article 290-2, paragraph (3)), art-290-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-2/par-3
- art-305/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第一項 (Article 305, paragraph (1)), art-305/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-1
- art-305/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第二項 (Article 305, paragraph (2)), art-305/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-2
- art-305/par-4: 第二百九十条の三第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十条の三第一項 (Article 290-3, paragraph (1)), art-290-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-290-3/par-1
- art-305/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第一項 (Article 305, paragraph (1)), art-305/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-1
- art-305/par-4: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第二項 (Article 305, paragraph (2)), art-305/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-2
- art-305/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第三項 (Article 305, paragraph (3)), art-305/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-3
- art-305/par-5: 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
- art-305/par-5: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第一項 (Article 305, paragraph (1)), art-305/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-1
- art-305/par-5: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第二項 (Article 305, paragraph (2)), art-305/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-2
- art-305/par-6: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第五項 (Article 305, paragraph (5)), art-305/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-5
- art-305/par-6: 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
- art-305/par-6: 第百五十七条の五 → 刑事訴訟法 第百五十七条の五 (Article 157-5), art-157-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-157-5

## Cited by

10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 不正競争防止法 第二十八条第一項（証拠書類の朗読方法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-28/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 405AC0000000047)
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-3
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-4
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-5
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百五条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-305/par-6
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-307/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第三百七条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-307-2/par-3
- 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 第三百二十一条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-321-2/par-2
- 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

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## 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 305, 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-011, 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