# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百六十八条 (Article 468) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468. 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: 第四百六十八条 (Article 468) — address `art-468` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四百六十八条 art-468 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468 **第一項** 正式裁判の請求が法令上の方式に違反し、又は請求権の消滅後にされたものであるときは、決定でこれを棄却しなければならない。この決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-468/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-1 The court shall, when a request for a formal trial violates the forms provided for in laws and regulations, or when a request is made after loss of the right to request, dismiss, on a ruling, said request. An immediate appeal may be filed against this ruling. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 正式裁判の請求を適法とするときは、通常の規定に従い、審判をしなければならない。 art-468/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-2 The court shall, when a request for a formal trial is deemed to be lawful, try the case in accordance with regular provisions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合においては、略式命令に拘束されない。 art-468/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-3 In the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, the trial is not to be restricted by the summary order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 検察官は、第二項の規定により通常の規定に従い審判をすることとされた場合において、起訴状に記載された第二百七十一条の二第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる者の個人特定事項について、必要と認めるときは、裁判所に対し、当該個人特定事項が被告人に知られないようにするための措置をとることを求めることができる。 art-468/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-4 When it has been decided under paragraph (2) that the trial is to be conducted in accordance with the ordinary provisions, the public prosecutor may, if the public prosecutor finds it necessary with regard to the particulars identifying an individual of a person set out in Article 271-2, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) that are stated in the charging sheet, request the court to take measures to prevent those particulars identifying an individual from becoming known to the defendant. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前項の規定による求めは、第二百七十一条の二第一項の規定による求めとみなして、同条第二項の規定を適用する。この場合において、同項中「公訴の提起において、裁判所に対し、起訴状とともに」とあるのは、「速やかに、裁判所に対し」とする。 art-468/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-5 A request under the preceding paragraph is deemed to be a request under Article 271-2, paragraph (1), and paragraph (2) of that Article applies to it; in this case, the phrase "to the court, upon the institution of prosecution, together with the charging sheet" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "promptly to the court". machine translation, not official **第六項** 第四百六十三条第六項の規定は、前項において読み替えて適用する第二百七十一条の二第二項の規定による起訴状抄本等の提出について準用する。 art-468/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-6 The provisions of Article 463, paragraph (6) apply mutatis mutandis to the submission of the extract of the charging sheet, etc. under the provisions of Article 271-2, paragraph (2) as applied with replacement of terms in the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-468/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十八条第二項 (Article 468, paragraph (2)), art-468/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-2 - art-468/par-4: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十八条第二項 (Article 468, paragraph (2)), art-468/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-2 - art-468/par-4: 第二百七十一条の二第一項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の二第一項第一号 (Article 271-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-271-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-2/par-1/item-1 - art-468/par-4: 第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の二第一項第二号 (Article 271-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-271-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-2/par-1/item-2 - art-468/par-5: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十八条第四項 (Article 468, paragraph (4)), art-468/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-4 - art-468/par-5: 第二百七十一条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の二第一項 (Article 271-2, paragraph (1)), art-271-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-2/par-1 - art-468/par-5: 同条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の二第二項 (Article 271-2, paragraph (2)), art-271-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-2/par-2 - art-468/par-6: 第四百六十三条第六項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十三条第六項 (Article 463, paragraph (6)), art-463/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463/par-6 - art-468/par-6: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十八条第五項 (Article 468, paragraph (5)), art-468/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-5 - art-468/par-6: 第二百七十一条の二第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の二第二項 (Article 271-2, paragraph (2)), art-271-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-2/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十八条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十八条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-5 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十八条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-468/par-6 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第四条第一項（秘匿措置に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-4/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第十九条第一項（刑事訴訟法等の一部を改正する法律の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-66/art-19/par-1 - 少年法 第六十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-68/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000168) --- ## 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 - 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-015, 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