# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十三条の二 (Article 313-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-313-2. 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: 第三百十三条の二 (Article 313-2) — address `art-313-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-313-2 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十三条の二 art-313-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-313-2 **第一項** この法律の規定に基づいて裁判所若しくは裁判長又は裁判官が付した弁護人の選任は、弁論が併合された事件についてもその効力を有する。ただし、裁判所がこれと異なる決定をしたときは、この限りでない。 art-313-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-313-2/par-1 The appointment of defense counsel by the court, presiding judge or a judge pursuant to the provisions of this Code remains in force even if the proceedings have been consolidated; provided however, that this does not apply if the court renders a different ruling. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項ただし書の決定をするには、あらかじめ、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-313-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-313-2/par-2 When rendering the ruling set forth under the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the court must first hear the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When rendering the ruling set forth under the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the court must first hear the opinions of the public prosecutor and the accused or the defense counsel." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-313-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十三条の二第一項 (Article 313-2, paragraph (1)), art-313-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-313-2/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十三条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-313-2/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 313-2, paragraph (2) — 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