# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の十七 (Article 316-17) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17. 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: 第三百十六条の十七 (Article 316-17) — address `art-316-17` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の十七 art-316-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17 **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第三百十六条の十五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場合において、その証明予定事実その他の公判期日においてすることを予定している事実上及び法律上の主張があるときは、裁判所及び検察官に対し、これを明らかにしなければならない。この場合においては、第三百十六条の十三第一項後段の規定を準用する。 art-316-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17/par-1 When the defendant or the defense counsel receives the documents under Article 316-13, paragraph (1), and evidence to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-14, paragraph (1) and Article 316-15, paragraphs (1) and (2) is disclosed, the defendant or the defense counsel must reveal to the court and the public prosecutor the facts planned to be proven and other factual or legal allegations planned to be put forth on the trial date, if any. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of Article 316-13, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis. 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 Article 316-13, paragraph (1), and evidence to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-14, paragraph (1) and Article 316-15, paragraphs (1) and (2) is disclosed, the accused or the defense counsel must reveal to the court and the public prosecutor the facts planned to be proven and other factual or legal allegations planned to be put forth on the trial date, if any. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of Article 316-13, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 被告人又は弁護人は、前項の証明予定事実があるときは、これを証明するために用いる証拠の取調べを請求しなければならない。この場合においては、第三百十六条の十三第三項の規定を準用する。 art-316-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17/par-2 When the defendant or the defense counsel plans to prove certain facts as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, said person must request examination of the evidence for use in proving the facts. In this case, the provisions of Article 316-13, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis. 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 plans to prove certain facts as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, said person must request examination of the evidence for use in proving the facts. In this case, the provisions of Article 316-13, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 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、第一項の主張を明らかにすべき期限及び前項の請求の期限を定めることができる。 art-316-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17/par-3 The court may, upon hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel, set a deadline for clarification of the allegation prescribed in paragraph (1) and the request 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 clarification of the allegation prescribed in paragraph (1) and the request prescribed in the preceding paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-316-17/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-316-17/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-316-17/par-1: 第三百十六条の十五第一項 → 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-316-17/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-316-17/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十七第一項 (Article 316-17, paragraph (1)), art-316-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17/par-1 - art-316-17/par-2: 第三百十六条の十三第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十三第三項 (Article 316-13, paragraph (3)), art-316-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-13/par-3 - art-316-17/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十七第一項 (Article 316-17, paragraph (1)), art-316-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17/par-1 - art-316-17/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十七第二項 (Article 316-17, paragraph (2)), art-316-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17/par-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十七第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十七第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-18/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十九第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-19/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20/par-2/item-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 316-17, 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 316-17, 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 316-17, paragraph (3) — 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