# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の二十一 (Article 316-21) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21. 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: 第三百十六条の二十一 (Article 316-21) — address `art-316-21` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の二十一 art-316-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21 **第一項** 検察官は、第三百十六条の十三から前条まで（第三百十六条の十四第五項を除く。）に規定する手続が終わつた後、その証明予定事実を追加し又は変更する必要があると認めるときは、速やかに、その追加し又は変更すべき証明予定事実を記載した書面を、裁判所に提出し、及び被告人又は弁護人に送付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-316-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-1 When a public prosecutor finds it necessary to add or alter facts planned to be proven after the proceedings provided in Article 316-13 through the preceding Article (excluding Article 316-14, paragraph (5)) have been completed, the public prosecutor must promptly submit to the court and send to the defendant or the defense counsel a document describing the facts planned to be proven which are to be added or altered. 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 a public prosecutor finds it necessary to add or alter facts planned to be proven after the proceedings provided in Article 316-13 through the preceding Article (excluding Article 316-14, paragraph (5)) have been completed, the public prosecutor must promptly submit to the court and send to the accused or the defense counsel a document describing the facts planned to be proven which are to be added or altered. In this case, the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 316-13, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 検察官は、その証明予定事実を証明するために用いる証拠の取調べの請求を追加する必要があると認めるときは、速やかに、その追加すべき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-316-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-2 When a public prosecutor finds it necessary to add a request for examination of evidence to be used to prove facts planned to be proven, the prosecutor must promptly make a request for examination of the evidence to be added. In this case, the provisions of Article 316-13, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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、第一項の書面の提出及び送付並びに前項の請求の期限を定めることができる。 art-316-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-3 A court may, after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel, set deadlines for submitting and sending the document under paragraph (1) and making the request under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A court may, after hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the accused or the defense counsel, set deadlines for submitting and sending the document under paragraph (1) and making the request under the preceding paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第四項** 第三百十六条の十四第一項、第三百十六条の十五及び第三百十六条の十六の規定は、第二項の規定により検察官が取調べを請求した証拠についてこれを準用する。 art-316-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-4 The provisions of Article 316-14, paragraph (1), Article 316-15 and Article 316-16 apply mutatis mutandis to the evidence requested to be examined by a public prosecutor pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-316-21/par-1: 第三百十六条の十三から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十三 (Article 316-13), art-316-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-13 - art-316-21/par-1: 第三百十六条の十三から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十四 (Article 316-14), art-316-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-14 - art-316-21/par-1: 第三百十六条の十三から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五 (Article 316-15), art-316-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15 - art-316-21/par-1: 第三百十六条の十三から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十六 (Article 316-16), art-316-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16 - art-316-21/par-1: 第三百十六条の十三から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十七 (Article 316-17), art-316-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-17 - art-316-21/par-1: 第三百十六条の十三から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十八 (Article 316-18), art-316-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-18 - art-316-21/par-1: 第三百十六条の十三から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十九 (Article 316-19), art-316-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-19 - art-316-21/par-1: 第三百十六条の十三から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十 (Article 316-20), art-316-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-20 - art-316-21/par-1: 第三百十六条の十四第五項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十四第五項 (Article 316-14, paragraph (5)), art-316-14/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-14/par-5 - art-316-21/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-316-21/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-316-21/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十一第一項 (Article 316-21, paragraph (1)), art-316-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-1 - art-316-21/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十一第二項 (Article 316-21, paragraph (2)), art-316-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-2 - art-316-21/par-4: 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-316-21/par-4: 第三百十六条の十五 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五 (Article 316-15), art-316-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15 - art-316-21/par-4: 第三百十六条の十六 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十六 (Article 316-16), art-316-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16 - art-316-21/par-4: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十一第二項 (Article 316-21, paragraph (2)), art-316-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十一第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-3 - 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 第三百十六条の二十三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-23/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25/par-1 - 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 316-21, 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 316-21, 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