# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172. 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3281-172` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和二八年八月七日法律第一七二号 suppl-3281-172 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して九十日を経過した日から施行する。 suppl-3281-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day on which 90 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** この附則で、「新法」とは、この法律による改正後の刑事訴訟法をいい、「旧法」とは、従前の刑事訴訟法をいう。 suppl-3281-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-2 In these Supplementary Provisions, "the New Act" means the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by this Act, and "the former Act" means the Code of Criminal Procedure as it stood before. machine translation, not official **第三項** 新法は、特別の定がある場合を除いては、新法施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。但し、旧法によつて生じた効力を妨げない。 suppl-3281-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-3 Except where there is a special provision, the New Act also applies to matters that arose before the New Act came into effect; provided, however, that this does not preclude the effect that arose under the former Act. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項但書の場合において、旧法によつてした訴訟手続が新法にこれに相当する規定があるものは、新法によつてしたものとみなす。 suppl-3281-172/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-4 In the case of the proviso to the preceding paragraph, court proceedings conducted under the former Act for which the New Act has a corresponding provision are deemed to have been conducted under the New Act. machine translation, not official **第五項** 新法施行前に正式裁判の請求をした事件で新法施行後にその取下のあつたものの訴訟費用の負担については、新法施行後も、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3281-172/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-5 With regard to the bearing of court costs in a case in which a request for a formal trial was made before the New Act came into effect and was withdrawn after the New Act came into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern even after the New Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第六項** 新法施行の際すでに控訴趣意書の差出期間を経過した事件の控訴裁判所における事実の取調については、新法施行後も、なお旧法第三百九十三条第一項但書の規定を適用する。 suppl-3281-172/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-6 With regard to the examination of facts in the court of second instance in a case in which the period for submitting the statement of the reasons for appeal had already elapsed when the New Act came into effect, the proviso to Article 393, paragraph (1) of the former Act continues to apply even after the New Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第七項** 新法施行前すでに略式命令の請求があつた事件の略式手続については、なお従前の例による。正式裁判の請求をすることができる期間についても、同様である。 suppl-3281-172/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-7 With regard to summary proceedings in a case in which a request for a summary order had already been made before the New Act came into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. The same applies to the period within which a request for a formal trial may be made. machine translation, not official **第八項** 前項前段の事件で、被告人に対し略式命令の謄本の送達がなくて新法施行前すでに略式命令の請求があつた日から二箇月を経過したものについては、公訴の提起は、さかのぼつてその効力を失つたものとする。但し、新法施行前すでに裁判所が旧法第四百六十三条の規定により通常の規定に従い審判をすることとした事件及び新法施行前すでに被告人に対し略式命令の謄本が送達された事件については、この限りでない。 suppl-3281-172/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-8 With regard to a case under the first sentence of the preceding paragraph in which a transcript of the summary order has not been served on the defendant and two months have already elapsed from the day on which the request for a summary order was made before the New Act came into effect, the institution of prosecution is deemed to have lost its effect retroactively; provided, however, that this does not apply to a case in which the court had already decided, before the New Act came into effect, to try the case in accordance with regular provisions pursuant to Article 463 of the former Act, or a case in which a transcript of the summary order had already been served on the defendant before the New Act came into effect. machine translation, not official **第九項** 第七項前段の事件で、新法施行の際略式命令の請求があつた日からまだ二箇月を経過していないものについては、新法第四百六十三条の二の規定の適用があるものとする。この場合には、前項但書の規定を準用する。 suppl-3281-172/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-9 With regard to a case under the first sentence of paragraph (7) in which two months have not yet elapsed, when the New Act comes into effect, from the day on which the request for a summary order was made, the provisions of Article 463-2 of the New Act apply. In this case, the proviso to the preceding paragraph applies mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第十項** 新法施行の際まだ略式命令の請求をしていない事件であつても、新法施行の際すでに検察官から被疑者に対し略式命令の請求をすることを告げているものについては、これを告げた日から七日を経過した後であつて、且つ、略式手続によることについて被疑者に異議がない場合には、新法第四百六十一条の二及び第四百六十二条第二項の規定にかかわらず、略式命令をすることができる。 suppl-3281-172/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-10 Even in a case in which a request for a summary order has not yet been made when the New Act comes into effect, with regard to a case in which a public prosecutor has already notified the suspect, when the New Act comes into effect, that the public prosecutor will request a summary order, a summary order may be issued, notwithstanding Article 461-2 and Article 462, paragraph (2) of the New Act, after seven days have elapsed from the day of that notification and where the suspect has no objection to the use of summary proceedings. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3281-172/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-3281-172/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-3 - suppl-3281-172/par-8: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第七項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (7)), suppl-3281-172/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-7 - suppl-3281-172/par-9: 第七項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第七項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (7)), suppl-3281-172/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-7 - suppl-3281-172/par-9: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第八項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (8)), suppl-3281-172/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-8 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 附則第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第八項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-8 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第九項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3281-172/par-9 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-019, 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