# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の五 (Article 316-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5. 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: 第三百十六条の五 (Article 316-5) — address `art-316-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十六条の五 art-316-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5 **第一項** 公判前整理手続においては、次に掲げる事項を行うことができる。 art-316-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1 In a pretrial arrangement proceeding, the following actions may be taken: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 訴因又は罰条を明確にさせること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-1 clarification of the counts or applicable penal statutes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 訴因又は罰条の追加、撤回又は変更を許すこと。 art-316-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-2 permission for addition, withdrawal or alteration of the counts or applicable penal statutes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第二百七十一条の五第一項又は第二項（これらの規定を第三百十二条の二第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の請求について決定をすること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-3 making a ruling on a request under Article 271-5, paragraph (1) or (2) (including the case where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 312-2, paragraph (4)); machine translation, not official **四** 公判期日においてすることを予定している主張を明らかにさせて事件の争点を整理すること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-4 arrangement of the issues of the case by having the allegation, which is planned to be given on the trial date, disclosed; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 証拠調べの請求をさせること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-5 having a request for examination of evidence made; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 前号の請求に係る証拠について、その立証趣旨、尋問事項等を明らかにさせること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-6 disclosure of the facts to be proved, the particulars to be examined and other particulars relating to the evidence requested pursuant to the provisions of the preceding item; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 証拠調べの請求に関する意見（証拠書類について第三百二十六条の同意をするかどうかの意見を含む。）を確かめること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-7 confirmation of the opinion concerning the request for examination of evidence (including whether or not to give the consent prescribed in Article 326 for the documentary evidence); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 証拠調べをする決定又は証拠調べの請求を却下する決定をすること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-8 rendering of a ruling to examine the evidence or dismiss the request for examination of evidence; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **九** 証拠調べをする決定をした証拠について、その取調べの順序及び方法を定めること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-9 decision on the order and method of examining the evidence for which a ruling for examination has been made; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十** 証拠調べに関する異議の申立てに対して決定をすること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-10 rendering of a ruling on the filing of an objection against the examination of evidence; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十一** 第三目の定めるところにより証拠開示に関する裁定をすること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-11 rendering of a ruling on the disclosure of evidence pursuant to the provisions of division 3; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十二** 第三百十六条の三十三第一項の規定による被告事件の手続への参加の申出に対する決定又は当該決定を取り消す決定をすること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-12 rendering of a ruling on a request to participate in the proceedings of the case pursuant to the provisions of Article 316-33, paragraph (1), or a ruling to revoke such ruling; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十三** 公判期日を定め、又は変更することその他公判手続の進行上必要な事項を定めること。 art-316-5/par-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-13 setting or changing of the trial dates and a decision on other necessary particulars for the proceedings of the trial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-316-5/par-1/item-3: 第二百七十一条の五第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の五第一項 (Article 271-5, paragraph (1)), art-271-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-5/par-1 - art-316-5/par-1/item-3: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の五第二項 (Article 271-5, paragraph (2)), art-271-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-5/par-2 - art-316-5/par-1/item-3: 第三百十二条の二第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十二条の二第四項 (Article 312-2, paragraph (4)), art-312-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-312-2/par-4 - art-316-5/par-1/item-6: 前号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の五第一項第五号 (Article 316-5, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-316-5/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-5 - art-316-5/par-1/item-7: 第三百二十六条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十六条 (Article 326), art-326 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326 - art-316-5/par-1/item-12: 第三百十六条の三十三第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の三十三第一項 (Article 316-33, paragraph (1)), art-316-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-33/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の五第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-6 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十一第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-11/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4191-95/art-3/par-1 --- ## 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