# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第六十五条 (Article 65) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-65. 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: 第六十五条 (Article 65) — address `art-65` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-65 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A summons are served." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 被告人から期日に出頭する旨を記載した書面を差し出し、又は出頭した被告人に対し口頭で次回の出頭を命じたときは、召喚状を送達した場合と同一の効力を有する。口頭で出頭を命じた場合には、その旨を調書に記載しなければならない。 art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-65/par-2 When the defendant submits documentation stating that the defendant will appear on an appointed trial date, or when the court orally instructs the defendant while in court to appear on the next trial date, this has the same effect as a summons being served. When the court orally instructs the defendant, this fact must be recorded in the trial records. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the accused submits documentation stating that the accused will appear on an appointed trial date, or when the court orally instructs the accused while in court to appear on the next trial date, this has the same effect as a summons being served. When the court orally instructs the accused, this fact must be recorded in the trial records." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 裁判所に近接する刑事施設にいる被告人に対しては、刑事施設職員（刑事施設の長又はその指名する刑事施設の職員をいう。以下同じ。）に通知してこれを召喚することができる。この場合には、被告人が刑事施設職員から通知を受けた時に召喚状の送達があつたものとみなす。 art-65/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-65/par-3 The defendant detained at a penal institution near the court may be summoned by notifying an official of the penal institution (meaning the warden of the penal institution or an official of the penal institution designated by the warden; the same applies hereinafter). In this case, a summons is deemed to have been served when the defendant is notified by the official of the penal institution. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The accused detained at a penal institution near the court may be summoned by notifying an official of the penal institution (meaning the warden of the penal institution or an official of the penal institution designated by the warden; the same applies hereinafter). In this case, a summons is deemed to have been served when the accused is notified by the official of the penal institution." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第六十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-69/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第百三十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-136/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第百五十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-153/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-8/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の十二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-12/par-3 --- ## 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 65, paragraph (1) — 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 65, 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 65, paragraph (3) — 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06