# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の二十四 (Article 316-24)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第三百十六条の二十四 (Article 316-24) — address `art-316-24`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三百十六条の二十四
<sup>art-316-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-24</sup>

        **第一項**  裁判所は、公判前整理手続を終了するに当たり、検察官及び被告人又は弁護人との間で、事件の争点及び証拠の整理の結果を確認しなければならない。
        <sup>art-316-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-24/par-1</sup>
        In concluding the pretrial arrangement proceeding, the court must confirm the results of the arrangement of issues and evidence of the case with the public prosecutor and the defendant or the defense counsel.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In concluding the pretrial arrangement proceeding, the court must confirm the results of the arrangement of issues and evidence of the case with the public prosecutor and the accused or the defense counsel." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

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## 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 316-24, 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 — 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