# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百十六条の八 (Article 316-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-8. 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: 第三百十六条の八 (Article 316-8) — address `art-316-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-8 - 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. --- ### 第三百十六条の八 art-316-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-8 **第一項** 弁護人が公判前整理手続期日に出頭しないとき、又は在席しなくなつたときは、裁判長は、職権で弁護人を付さなければならない。 art-316-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-8/par-1 When the defense counsel does not appear on the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding or when said defense counsel leaves the proceeding, the presiding judge must appoint defense counsel ex officio. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 弁護人が公判前整理手続期日に出頭しないおそれがあるときは、裁判所は、職権で弁護人を付することができる。 art-316-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-8/par-2 When there is a risk that the defense counsel will not appear on the date of the pretrial arrangement proceeding, the court may appoint defense counsel ex officio. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の二十八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-28/par-2 --- ## 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