# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の二 (Article 316-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-2. 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: 第三百十六条の二 (Article 316-2) — address `art-316-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-2 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の二 art-316-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-2 **第一項** 裁判所は、充実した公判の審理を継続的、計画的かつ迅速に行うため必要があると認めるときは、検察官、被告人若しくは弁護人の請求により又は職権で、第一回公判期日前に、決定で、事件の争点及び証拠を整理するための公判準備として、事件を公判前整理手続に付することができる。 art-316-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-2/par-1 When a court deems it necessary to conduct productive proceedings of a trial consecutively, systematically and speedily, the court may, upon request from a public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel or ex officio, render a ruling to order that the case be subject to a pretrial arrangement proceeding as trial preparation for arrangement of the issues and evidence of the case prior to the first trial date. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a court deems it necessary to conduct productive proceedings of a trial consecutively, systematically and speedily, the court may, upon request from a public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel or ex officio, render a ruling to order that the case be subject to a pretrial arrangement proceeding as trial preparation for arrangement of the issues and evidence of the case prior to the first trial date." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 前項の決定又は同項の請求を却下する決定をするには、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、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-316-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-2/par-2 When a court renders a ruling under the preceding paragraph or a ruling to dismiss the request under the same paragraph, the court must hear the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel in advance pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of Court. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a court renders a ruling under the preceding paragraph or a ruling to dismiss the request under the same paragraph, the court must hear the opinions of the public prosecutor and the accused or the defense counsel in advance pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of Court." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 公判前整理手続は、この款に定めるところにより、訴訟関係人を出頭させて陳述させ、又は訴訟関係人に書面を提出させる方法により、行うものとする。 art-316-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-2/par-3 A pretrial arrangement proceeding shall be conducted by having the persons concerned in the case appear and make a statement, or having them submit documents, pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-316-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二第一項 (Article 316-2, paragraph (1)), art-316-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-2/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-28/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 316-2, 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 316-2, 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