# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の二十三 (Article 316-23) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-23. 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: 第三百十六条の二十三 (Article 316-23) — address `art-316-23` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-23 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の二十三 art-316-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-23 **第一項** 第二百九十九条の二及び第二百九十九条の三の規定は、検察官又は弁護人がこの目の規定による証拠の開示をする場合についてこれを準用する。 art-316-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-23/par-1 The provisions of Articles 299-2 and 299-3 apply mutatis mutandis when a public prosecutor or a defense counsel discloses evidence pursuant to the provisions of this Division. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第二百九十九条の四の規定は、検察官が第三百十六条の十四第一項（第三百十六条の二十一第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による証拠の開示をすべき場合についてこれを準用する。 art-316-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-23/par-2 The provisions of Article 299-4 apply mutatis mutandis when a public prosecutor is to disclose evidence pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-14, paragraph (1) (including cases when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 316-21, paragraph (4)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第二百九十九条の五から第二百九十九条の七までの規定は、検察官が前項において準用する第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項までの規定による措置をとつた場合についてこれを準用する。 art-316-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-23/par-3 The provisions of Articles 299-5 through 299-7 apply mutatis mutandis when a public prosecutor has taken measures pursuant to the provisions of Article 299-4, paragraphs (1) through (10) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-316-23/par-1: 第二百九十九条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の二 (Article 299-2), art-299-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-2 - art-316-23/par-1: 第二百九十九条の三 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の三 (Article 299-3), art-299-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-3 - art-316-23/par-2: 第二百九十九条の四 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四 (Article 299-4), art-299-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4 - art-316-23/par-2: 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-316-23/par-2: 第三百十六条の二十一第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十一第四項 (Article 316-21, paragraph (4)), art-316-21/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-21/par-4 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の五から第二百九十九条の七まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の五 (Article 299-5), art-299-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-5 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の五から第二百九十九条の七まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の六 (Article 299-6), art-299-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-6 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の五から第二百九十九条の七まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の七 (Article 299-7), art-299-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-7 - art-316-23/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十三第二項 (Article 316-23, paragraph (2)), art-316-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-23/par-2 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第一項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (1)), art-299-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-1 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第十項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (10)), art-299-4/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-10 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第二項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (2)), art-299-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-2 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第三項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (3)), art-299-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-3 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第四項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (4)), art-299-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-4 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第五項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (5)), art-299-4/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-5 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第六項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (6)), art-299-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-6 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第七項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (7)), art-299-4/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-7 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第八項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (8)), art-299-4/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-8 - art-316-23/par-3: 第二百九十九条の四第一項から第十項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第九項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (9)), art-299-4/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-299-4/par-9 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-23/par-3 --- ## Sources - 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 — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-012, translated 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