# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十四条 (Article 314) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314. 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: 第三百十四条 (Article 314) — address `art-314` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十四条 art-314 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314 **第一項** 被告人が心神喪失の状態に在るときは、検察官及び弁護人の意見を聴き、決定で、その状態の続いている間公判手続を停止しなければならない。但し、無罪、免訴、刑の免除又は公訴棄却の裁判をすべきことが明らかな場合には、被告人の出頭を待たないで、直ちにその裁判をすることができる。 art-314/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314/par-1 When the defendant is in a state of insanity, the proceedings must be suspended while the defendant is in such state, after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defense counsel; provided however, that when the court clearly finds that the defendant is not guilty or should be barred further prosecution, or that the defendant should be exculpated or the prosecution should be dismissed, the court may immediately render these judgments without the appearance of the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the accused is in a state of insanity, the proceedings must be suspended while the accused is in such state, after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defense counsel; provided however, that when the court clearly finds that the accused is not guilty or should be barred further persecution, or that the case should be dismissed by reason of absolute discharge or dismissal of prosecution, the court may immediately render these judgments without the appearance of the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 被告人が病気のため出頭することができないときは、検察官及び弁護人の意見を聴き、決定で、出頭することができるまで公判手続を停止しなければならない。但し、第二百八十四条及び第二百八十五条の規定により代理人を出頭させた場合は、この限りでない。 art-314/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314/par-2 When the defendant is unable to appear at the trial due to illness, the proceedings must, upon hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defense counsel, be ruled to be suspended until it becomes possible for the defendant to appear; provided however, that this does not apply when a representative appears pursuant to the provisions of Articles 284 and 285. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the accused is unable to appear at the trial due to illness, the proceedings must, upon hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defense counsel, be ruled to be suspended until it becomes possible for the accused to appear; provided however, that this does not apply when a representative appears pursuant to the provisions of Articles 284 and 285." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 犯罪事実の存否の証明に欠くことのできない証人が病気のため公判期日に出頭することができないときは、公判期日外においてその取調をするのを適当と認める場合の外、決定で、出頭することができるまで公判手続を停止しなければならない。 art-314/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314/par-3 When a witness essential to fact finding cannot appear on the trial date due to illness, the court must suspend the proceedings until it becomes possible for the witness to appear, except when the court deems it appropriate to examine the witness on a day other than the trial date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定により公判手続を停止するには、医師の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-314/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314/par-4 Prior to suspending the trial pursuant to the preceding three paragraphs, the court must hear the opinion of a medical doctor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-314/par-2: 第二百八十四条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百八十四条 (Article 284), art-284 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-284 - art-314/par-2: 第二百八十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百八十五条 (Article 285), art-285 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-285 - art-314/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十四条第一項 (Article 314, paragraph (1)), art-314/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314/par-1 - art-314/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十四条第二項 (Article 314, paragraph (2)), art-314/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314/par-2 - art-314/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十四条第三項 (Article 314, paragraph (3)), art-314/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十四条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-314/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-451/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 314, 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 314, 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