# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の二十五 (Article 316-25) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25. 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: 第三百十六条の二十五 (Article 316-25) — address `art-316-25` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の二十五 art-316-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25 **第一項** 裁判所は、証拠の開示の必要性の程度並びに証拠の開示によつて生じるおそれのある弊害の内容及び程度その他の事情を考慮して、必要と認めるときは、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。）の規定による開示をすべき証拠については検察官の請求により、第三百十六条の十八（第三百十六条の二十二第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による開示をすべき証拠については被告人又は弁護人の請求により、決定で、当該証拠の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-316-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25/par-1 When a court finds it necessary taking into account the extent of the necessity of disclosure of evidence, the content and extent of the possible harmful effects of disclosure and other circumstances, the court may render a ruling to designate the time or means of or set a condition for the disclosure of the evidence to be disclosed 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)) upon request from a public prosecutor, or the evidence to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-18 (including cases when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 316-22, paragraph (4)) upon request from the defendant or the defense counsel. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a court finds it necessary taking into account the extent of the necessity of disclosure of evidence, the content and extent of the possible harmful effects of disclosure and other circumstances, the court may render a ruling to designate the time or means of or set a condition for the disclosure of the evidence to be disclosed 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)) upon request from a public prosecutor, or the evidence to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-18 (including cases when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 316-22, paragraph (4)) upon request from the accused or the defense counsel." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の請求について決定をするときは、相手方の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-316-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25/par-2 If the court makes a ruling for the request prescribed in the preceding paragraph, it must hear the opinion of the opponent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の請求についてした決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-316-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25/par-3 An immediate appeal against the ruling prescribed in paragraph (1) may be filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-316-25/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-316-25/par-1: 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-316-25/par-1: 第三百十六条の十八 → 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-316-25/par-1: 第三百十六条の二十二第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十二第四項 (Article 316-22, paragraph (4)), art-316-22/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-22/par-4 - art-316-25/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十五第一項 (Article 316-25, paragraph (1)), art-316-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25/par-1 - art-316-25/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十五第一項 (Article 316-25, paragraph (1)), art-316-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十五第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-25/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十七第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-27/par-3 --- ## 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 316-25, 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