# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百九十三条 (Article 393) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393. 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: 第三百九十三条 (Article 393) — address `art-393` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百九十三条 art-393 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393 **第一項** 控訴裁判所は、前条の調査をするについて必要があるときは、検察官、被告人若しくは弁護人の請求により又は職権で事実の取調をすることができる。但し、第三百八十二条の二の疎明があつたものについては、刑の量定の不当又は判決に影響を及ぼすべき事実の誤認を証明するために欠くことのできない場合に限り、これを取り調べなければならない。 art-393/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/par-1 The court of second instance may conduct an examination of the facts upon the request of the public prosecutor, the defendant, or his/her defense counsel or may do so ex officio when it is necessary for the examination set forth in the preceding article; provided, however, that the court of second instance shall examine the facts of which the public prosecutor, the defendant, or his/her defense counsel has made prima facie showing under Article 382-2 only when this is indispensable to proving that the sentence is unreasonable or that there was an error in the finding of facts that would have affected the judgment. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court of second instance may conduct an examination of the facts upon the request of the public prosecutor, the accused, or his/her counsel or may do so ex officio when it is necessary for the examination set forth in the preceding article; provided, however, that the court of second instance shall examine the facts of which the public prosecutor, the accused, or his/her counsel has made prima facie showing only when this is indispensible to proving that the sentence is unreasonable or that there was an error in the finding of facts that would have affected the judgment." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb **第二項** 控訴裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、職権で、第一審判決後の刑の量定に影響を及ぼすべき情状につき取調をすることができる。 art-393/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/par-2 When the court of second instance deems necessary, it may, ex officio, conduct an examination of any circumstances which occurred after a judgment in the first instance and which would have affected sentencing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の取調は、合議体の構成員にこれをさせ、又は地方裁判所、家庭裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所の裁判官にこれを嘱託することができる。この場合には、受命裁判官及び受託裁判官は、裁判所又は裁判長と同一の権限を有する。 art-393/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/par-3 The examination prescribed in the two preceding paragraphs may be carried out by a member of a judicial panel, or may be delegated to a judge of a district court, family court, or summary court. In this case, the commissioned or delegated judge shall have the same authority as a court or a presiding judge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項又は第二項の規定による取調をしたときは、検察官及び弁護人は、その結果に基いて弁論をすることができる。 art-393/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/par-4 When the examination prescribed in paragraph (1) or (2) has been carried out, the public prosecutor and defense counsel may give their arguments based on the results. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the examination prescribed in the first and paragraph (2) has been carried out, the public prosecutor and counsel may give their arguments based on the results." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb --- ## Cites - art-393/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十二条 (Article 392), art-392 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-392 - art-393/par-1: 第三百八十二条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十二条の二 (Article 382-2), art-382-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382-2 - art-393/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十三条第一項 (Article 393, paragraph (1)), art-393/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/par-1 - art-393/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十三条第二項 (Article 393, paragraph (2)), art-393/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/par-2 - art-393/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十三条第一項 (Article 393, paragraph (1)), art-393/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/par-1 - art-393/par-4: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十三条第二項 (Article 393, paragraph (2)), art-393/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十三条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十三条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-393/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-397/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-460/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 393, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/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 393, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/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