# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百五十条の十六 (Article 350-16) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16. 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: 第三百五十条の十六 (Article 350-16) — address `art-350-16` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百五十条の十六 art-350-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16 **第一項** 検察官は、公訴を提起しようとする事件について、事案が明白であり、かつ、軽微であること、証拠調べが速やかに終わると見込まれることその他の事情を考慮し、相当と認めるときは、公訴の提起と同時に、書面により即決裁判手続の申立てをすることができる。ただし、死刑又は無期若しくは短期一年以上の拘禁刑に当たる事件については、この限りでない。 art-350-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-1 When a public prosecutor finds it appropriate with regard to the case in which the public prosecutor is to institute prosecution taking into account that the details of the factual background of the case are clear and the case is minor, that the examination of evidence is expected to be completed promptly and other circumstances, the public prosecutor may file a petition for expedited trial proceedings in writing upon institution of prosecution; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases punishable by the death penalty, imprisonment for life or imprisonment whose minimum term is not less than one year. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の申立ては、即決裁判手続によることについての被疑者の同意がなければ、これをすることができない。 art-350-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-2 A public prosecutor may not make the petition prescribed in the preceding paragraph without consent from the suspect to the case being tried by expedited trial proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A public prosecutor may not make the petition prescribed in the preceding paragraph without consent from the suspect in cases to be tried by expedited trial proceedings." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 検察官は、被疑者に対し、前項の同意をするかどうかの確認を求めるときは、これを書面でしなければならない。この場合において、検察官は、被疑者に対し、即決裁判手続を理解させるために必要な事項（被疑者に弁護人がないときは、次条の規定により弁護人を選任することができる旨を含む。）を説明し、通常の規定に従い審判を受けることができる旨を告げなければならない。 art-350-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-3 When a public prosecutor is confirming whether or not the suspect gives the consent prescribed in the preceding paragraph, said prosecutor must do so in writing. In this case, the public prosecutor must explain to the suspect the facts which are necessary to have said person understand the expedited trial proceedings (including the fact that, if said suspect does not have defense counsel, said suspect may appoint one pursuant to the provisions of the following Article) and notify said person that they may be tried pursuant to the provisions of regular rules. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 被疑者に弁護人がある場合には、第一項の申立ては、被疑者が第二項の同意をするほか、弁護人が即決裁判手続によることについて同意をし又はその意見を留保しているときに限り、これをすることができる。 art-350-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-4 When there is defense counsel for the suspect, the petition prescribed in paragraph (1) may be made only when the suspect gives the consent prescribed in paragraph (2) and when the defense counsel also gives consent or reserves giving consent to the case being tried by expedited trial proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 被疑者が第二項の同意をし、及び弁護人が前項の同意をし又はその意見を留保するときは、書面でその旨を明らかにしなければならない。 art-350-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-5 When the suspect gives the consent prescribed in paragraph (2), and when the defense counsel gives or reserves giving the consent prescribed in the preceding paragraph, such opinions must be declared in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項の書面には、前項の書面を添付しなければならない。 art-350-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-6 The documents prescribed in the preceding paragraph must be attached to the documents prescribed in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-350-16/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第一項 (Article 350-16, paragraph (1)), art-350-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-1 - art-350-16/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第二項 (Article 350-16, paragraph (2)), art-350-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-2 - art-350-16/par-3: 次条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十七 (Article 350-17), art-350-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-17 - art-350-16/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第一項 (Article 350-16, paragraph (1)), art-350-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-1 - art-350-16/par-4: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第二項 (Article 350-16, paragraph (2)), art-350-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-2 - art-350-16/par-5: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第二項 (Article 350-16, paragraph (2)), art-350-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-2 - art-350-16/par-5: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第四項 (Article 350-16, paragraph (4)), art-350-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-4 - art-350-16/par-6: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第一項 (Article 350-16, paragraph (1)), art-350-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-1 - art-350-16/par-6: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第五項 (Article 350-16, paragraph (5)), art-350-16/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-5 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-5 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十六第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-16/par-6 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-17/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の二十二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-22/par-1/item-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 350-16, 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-014, 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