# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の三十四 (Article 316-34) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34. 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: 第三百十六条の三十四 (Article 316-34) — address `art-316-34` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の三十四 art-316-34 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34 **第一項** 被害者参加人又はその委託を受けた弁護士は、公判期日に出席することができる。 art-316-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34/par-1 The Participating Victim or the entrusted attorney may appear on the trial dates. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公判期日は、これを被害者参加人に通知しなければならない。 art-316-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34/par-2 The Participating Victim must be notified of the trial dates. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、被害者参加人又はその委託を受けた弁護士が多数である場合において、必要があると認めるときは、これらの者の全員又はその一部に対し、その中から、公判期日に出席する代表者を選定するよう求めることができる。 art-316-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34/par-3 Where there are a large number of Participating Victims or entrusted attorneys, the court may request all or some of said persons to select a representative from among themselves to appear on the trial dates when it deems it to be so necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、審理の状況、被害者参加人又はその委託を受けた弁護士の数その他の事情を考慮して、相当でないと認めるときは、公判期日の全部又は一部への出席を許さないことができる。 art-316-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34/par-4 The court may, taking into consideration the state of the proceedings, the number of Participating Victims or entrusted attorneys or other circumstances and when it deems it to be inappropriate, decide not to permit appearance on all or some of the trial dates. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前各項の規定は、公判準備において証人の尋問又は検証が行われる場合について準用する。 art-316-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34/par-5 The provisions of each of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to cases where witnesses are to be examined or inspection is to be conducted in the trial preparation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-316-34/par-5: 前各項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十四第一項 (Article 316-34, paragraph (1)), art-316-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34/par-1 - art-316-34/par-5: 前各項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十四第二項 (Article 316-34, paragraph (2)), art-316-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34/par-2 - art-316-34/par-5: 前各項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十四第三項 (Article 316-34, paragraph (3)), art-316-34/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34/par-3 - art-316-34/par-5: 前各項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十四第四項 (Article 316-34, paragraph (4)), art-316-34/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34/par-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十四第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-34/par-5 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十九第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-39/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十九第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-39/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十九第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-39/par-5 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06