# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の二十 (Article 316-20) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20. 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: 第三百十六条の二十 (Article 316-20) — address `art-316-20` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の二十 art-316-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20 **第一項** 検察官は、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した証拠以外の証拠であつて、第三百十六条の十七第一項の主張に関連すると認められるものについて、被告人又は弁護人から開示の請求があつた場合において、その関連性の程度その他の被告人の防御の準備のために当該開示をすることの必要性の程度並びに当該開示によつて生じるおそれのある弊害の内容及び程度を考慮し、相当と認めるときは、速やかに、第三百十六条の十四第一項第一号に定める方法による開示をしなければならない。この場合において、検察官は、必要と認めるときは、開示の時期若しくは方法を指定し、又は条件を付することができる。 art-316-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20/par-1 With regard to evidence other than that disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-14, paragraph (1) and Article 316-15, paragraphs (1) and (2), which is found to be relevant to allegations referred to in Article 316-17, paragraph (1), a public prosecutor must, upon request for disclosure from the defendant or the defense counsel, promptly disclose it by the means provided in Article 316-14, paragraph (1), item (i) when finding it appropriate taking into account the extent of the relevance and other necessities of disclosure for preparation of the defense of the defendant, and the content and extent of possible harmful effects of disclosure. In this case, the public prosecutor may, when finding it necessary, designate the time or means of or set a condition for the disclosure. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to evidence other than that disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-14, paragraph (1) and Article 316-15, paragraphs (1) and (2), which is found to be relevant to allegations referred to in Article 316-17, paragraph (1), a public prosecutor must, upon request for disclosure from the accused or the defense counsel, promptly disclose it by the means provided in Article 316-14, paragraph (1), item (i) when finding it appropriate taking into account the extent of the relevance and other necessities of disclosure for preparation of the defense of the accused, and the content and extent of possible harmful effects of disclosure. In this case, the public prosecutor may, when finding it necessary, designate the time or means of or set a condition for the disclosure." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 被告人又は弁護人は、前項の開示の請求をするときは、次に掲げる事項を明らかにしなければならない。 art-316-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20/par-2 The defendant or the defense counsel must, when requesting disclosure under the preceding paragraph, clearly indicate the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The accused or the defense counsel must, when requesting disclosure under the preceding paragraph, clearly indicate the following matters:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **一** 開示の請求に係る証拠を識別するに足りる事項 art-316-20/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20/par-2/item-1 sufficient particulars to identify the evidence requested to be disclosed; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第三百十六条の十七第一項の主張と開示の請求に係る証拠との関連性その他の被告人の防御の準備のために当該開示が必要である理由 art-316-20/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20/par-2/item-2 relevance between the allegations referred to in Article 316-17, paragraph (1) and the evidence requested to be disclosed, and other reasons for which disclosure is necessary for preparation of the defense of the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "relevance between the allegations referred to in Article 316-17, paragraph (1) and the evidence requested to be disclosed, and other reasons for which disclosure is necessary for preparation of the defense of the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-316-20/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-316-20/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-316-20/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-316-20/par-1: 第三百十六条の十七第一項 → 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-316-20/par-1: 第三百十六条の十四第一項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十四第一項第一号 (Article 316-14, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-316-14/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-14/par-1/item-1 - art-316-20/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十第一項 (Article 316-20, paragraph (1)), art-316-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20/par-1 - art-316-20/par-2/item-2: 第三百十六条の十七第一項 → 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 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20/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 第三百十六条の二十二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-22/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十二第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-22/par-5 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-26/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 316-20, 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 316-20, 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 316-20, paragraph (2), item (ii) — 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