# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百三十三条 (Article 333)

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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: 第三百三十三条 (Article 333) — address `art-333`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三百三十三条
<sup>art-333 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-333</sup>

    **第一項**  被告事件について犯罪の証明があつたときは、第三百三十四条の場合を除いては、判決で刑の言渡をしなければならない。
    <sup>art-333/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-333/par-1</sup>
    When a case under public prosecution is proven to be a crime, a court must render a sentence by a judgment, except as provided in Article 334.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  刑の執行猶予は、刑の言渡しと同時に、判決でその言渡しをしなければならない。猶予の期間中保護観察に付する場合も、同様とする。
    <sup>art-333/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-333/par-2</sup>
    The suspended execution of a sentence must be rendered by a judgment at the same time as rendition of the sentence. The same applies to the case the person is placed under probation during the period of suspended execution of the sentence.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-333/par-1: 第三百三十四条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百三十四条 (Article 334), art-334 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-334

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## 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