# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の十六 (Article 316-16) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16. 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: 第三百十六条の十六 (Article 316-16) — address `art-316-16` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の十六 art-316-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16 **第一項** 被告人又は弁護人は、第三百十六条の十三第一項の書面の送付を受け、かつ、第三百十六条の十四第一項並びに前条第一項及び第二項の規定による開示をすべき証拠の開示を受けたときは、検察官請求証拠について、第三百二十六条の同意をするかどうか又はその取調べの請求に関し異議がないかどうかの意見を明らかにしなければならない。 art-316-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16/par-1 When the defendant or the defense counsel receives the documents under the provisions of Article 316-13, paragraph (1), and evidence to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-14, paragraph (1) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of the preceding Article is disclosed, the defendant or the defense counsel must, with regard to evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor, clearly indicate their opinion on whether said person will consent pursuant to the provisions of Article 326 or whether said person has no objection relating to the request of examination. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the accused or the defense counsel receives the documents under the provisions of Article 316-13, paragraph (1), and evidence to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-14, paragraph (1) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of the preceding Article is disclosed, the accused or the defense counsel must, with regard to evidence for examination requested by the public prosecutor, clearly indicate their opinion on whether said person will consent pursuant to the provisions of Article 326 or whether said person has no objection relating to the request of examination." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 裁判所は、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人の意見を聴いた上で、前項の意見を明らかにすべき期限を定めることができる。 art-316-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16/par-2 The court may, upon hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel, set a deadline for the clarification of the opinion prescribed in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court may, upon hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the accused or the defense counsel, set a deadline for the clarification of the opinion prescribed in the preceding paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-316-16/par-1: 第三百十六条の十三第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十三第一項 (Article 316-13, paragraph (1)), art-316-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-13/par-1 - art-316-16/par-1: 第三百十六条の十四第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十四第一項 (Article 316-14, paragraph (1)), art-316-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-14/par-1 - art-316-16/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項 (Article 316-15, paragraph (1)), art-316-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1 - art-316-16/par-1: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第二項 (Article 316-15, paragraph (2)), art-316-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-2 - art-316-16/par-1: 第三百二十六条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十六条 (Article 326), art-326 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326 - art-316-16/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十六第一項 (Article 316-16, paragraph (1)), art-316-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十一第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十一第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-22/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 316-16, 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 316-16, 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