# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百二十三条 (Article 323)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第三百二十三条 (Article 323) — address `art-323`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三百二十三条
<sup>art-323 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-323</sup>

    **第一項**  第三百二十一条から前条までに掲げる書面以外の書面は、次に掲げるものに限り、これを証拠とすることができる。
    <sup>art-323/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-323/par-1</sup>
    A document other than those prescribed in Article 321 through the preceding Article may be used as evidence only if the document is:
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **一**  戸籍謄本、公正証書謄本その他公務員（外国の公務員を含む。）がその職務上証明することができる事実についてその公務員の作成した書面
      <sup>art-323/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-323/par-1/item-1</sup>
      a transcript of a family register, a transcript of a notarized deed or other documents on facts which a government employee (including an officer of a foreign government) may certify and which is made by that government employee;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  商業帳簿、航海日誌その他業務の通常の過程において作成された書面
      <sup>art-323/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-323/par-1/item-2</sup>
      an account book, a log book and other documents prepared in the ordinary course of business;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an account book, a log book and other documents prepared in ordinary social activities;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

      **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか特に信用すべき情況の下に作成された書面
      <sup>art-323/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-323/par-1/item-3</sup>
      a document other than those prescribed in the preceding two items made under circumstances that afford special credibility.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-323/par-1: 第三百二十一条から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十一条 (Article 321), art-321 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-321
- art-323/par-1: 第三百二十一条から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十一条の二 (Article 321-2), art-321-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-321-2
- art-323/par-1: 第三百二十一条から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十一条の三 (Article 321-3), art-321-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-321-3
- art-323/par-1: 第三百二十一条から前条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十二条 (Article 322), art-322 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-322
- art-323/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十三条第一項第一号 (Article 323, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-323/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-323/par-1/item-1
- art-323/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十三条第一項第二号 (Article 323, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-323/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-323/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-323/par-1/item-3
- 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

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## 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 323, paragraph (1), item (ii) — 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
- 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