# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四十八条 (Article 48) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-48. 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: 第四十八条 (Article 48) — address `art-48` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-48 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十八条 art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-48 **第一項** 公判期日における訴訟手続については、公判調書を作成しなければならない。 art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-48/par-1 Court proceedings on trial dates must be recorded in the trial records. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公判調書には、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、公判期日における審判に関する重要な事項を記載しなければならない。 art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-48/par-2 Important particulars relating to the trial on trial dates must be recorded in the trial records pursuant to the Rules of Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 公判調書は、各公判期日後速かに、遅くとも判決を宣告するまでにこれを整理しなければならない。ただし、判決を宣告する公判期日の調書は当該公判期日後七日以内に、公判期日から判決を宣告する日までの期間が十日に満たない場合における当該公判期日の調書は当該公判期日後十日以内（判決を宣告する日までの期間が三日に満たないときは、当該判決を宣告する公判期日後七日以内）に、整理すれば足りる。 art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-48/par-3 Trial records must be completed promptly after each trial date, and at the latest, by the time of pronouncement of the judgment; provided however, that the record for the trial date on which the judgment is pronounced need only be completed within 7 days after said trial date, and the record for the trial date need only be completed within 10 days after the trial date if the time period from the trial date to the date of pronouncement of the judgment is less than 10 days (within 7 days after the trial date pronouncing the judgment if the time period up to the date of pronouncement of the judgment is less than three days). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第五十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-51/par-2 --- ## 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