# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百二十二条 (Article 322) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-322. 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: 第三百二十二条 (Article 322) — address `art-322` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-322 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百二十二条 art-322 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-322 **第一項** 被告人が作成した供述書又は被告人の供述を録取した書面で被告人の署名若しくは押印のあるものは、その供述が被告人に不利益な事実の承認を内容とするものであるとき、又は特に信用すべき情況の下にされたものであるときに限り、これを証拠とすることができる。但し、被告人に不利益な事実の承認を内容とする書面は、その承認が自白でない場合においても、第三百十九条の規定に準じ、任意にされたものでない疑があると認めるときは、これを証拠とすることができない。 art-322/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-322/par-1 A written statement made by the defendant or a written statement recording the statement of the defendant which has the defendant's signature or seal affixed by said person may be used as evidence only when the statement contains an admission of a disadvantageous fact, or is made under circumstances that afford special credibility; provided however, that even if the admission is not a confession, a document which contains an admission of a disadvantageous fact may not be used as evidence when there is doubt about it being voluntary as prescribed in Article 319. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A written statement made by the accused or a written statement recording the statement of the accused which has the accused's signature or seal affixed by said person may be used as evidence, when the statement contains an admission of a disadvantageous fact, or is made under circumstances that afford special credibility; provided however, that even if the admission is not a confession, a document which contains an admission of a disadvantageous fact may not be used as evidence when there is doubt about it being voluntary as prescribed in Article 319." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 被告人の公判準備又は公判期日における供述を録取した書面は、その供述が任意にされたものであると認めるときに限り、これを証拠とすることができる。 art-322/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-322/par-2 A written statement which records the statement of the defendant on the trial date or in the trial preparation may be used as evidence only when the statement is deemed to have been made voluntarily. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A written statement which records the statement of the accused on the trial date or in the trial preparation may be used as evidence when the statement is deemed to have been made voluntarily." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-322/par-1: 第三百十九条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十九条 (Article 319), art-319 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-319 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-301/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百一条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-301-2/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百一条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-301-2/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-302/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-320/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-323/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-324/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-325/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-328/par-1 --- ## 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 322, 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 322, paragraph (2) — 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