# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百二十六条 (Article 326) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326. 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: 第三百二十六条 (Article 326) — address `art-326` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百二十六条 art-326 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326 **第一項** 検察官及び被告人が証拠とすることに同意した書面又は供述は、その書面が作成され又は供述のされたときの情況を考慮し相当と認めるときに限り、第三百二十一条乃至前条の規定にかかわらず、これを証拠とすることができる。 art-326/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326/par-1 A document or statement that the public prosecutor and the defendant have consented for use as evidence may be used as evidence notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 321 to 325 only when the court deems it appropriate considering the circumstances in which the document or statement was made. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A document or statement that the public prosecutor or the accused has consented for use as evidence may be used as evidence notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 321 to 325 only when the court deems it appropriate considering the circumstances in which the document or statement was made." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 被告人が出頭しないでも証拠調を行うことができる場合において、被告人が出頭しないときは、前項の同意があつたものとみなす。但し、代理人又は弁護人が出頭したときは、この限りでない。 art-326/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326/par-2 In cases when evidence may be examined without the appearance of the defendant, it is deemed that the defendant has given the consent prescribed in the preceding paragraph when said defendant does not appear at the trial; provided however, that this does not apply when the representative or the defense counsel appears at the trial. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In cases when evidence may be examined without the appearance of the accused, it is deemed that the accused has given the consent prescribed in the preceding paragraph when said accused does not appear at the trial; provided however, that this does not apply when the representative or the defense counsel appears at the trial." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-326/par-1: 第三百二十一条乃至前条 → 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-326/par-1: 第三百二十一条乃至前条 → 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-326/par-1: 第三百二十一条乃至前条 → 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-326/par-1: 第三百二十一条乃至前条 → 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-326/par-1: 第三百二十一条乃至前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十三条 (Article 323), art-323 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-323 - art-326/par-1: 第三百二十一条乃至前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十四条 (Article 324), art-324 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-324 - art-326/par-1: 第三百二十一条乃至前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十五条 (Article 325), art-325 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-325 - art-326/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百二十六条第一項 (Article 326, paragraph (1)), art-326/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326/par-1 ## Cited by 7 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 第三百十六条の五第一項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-7 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十五第一項第五号ロ — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-15/par-1/item-5/sub-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-16/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十九第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-19/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 第三百二十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-326/par-2 --- ## 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 326, 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 326, 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