# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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- 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
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- Provision: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3291-163`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3291-163
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## 附　則 昭和二九年六月八日法律第一六三号
<sup>suppl-3291-163 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3291-163</sup>

**第一項**  この法律中、第五十三条の規定は交通事件即決裁判手続法の施行の日から、その他の部分は、警察法（昭和二十九年法律第百六十二号。同法附則第一項但書に係る部分を除く。）の施行の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3291-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3291-163/par-1</sup>
Of this Act, the provisions of Article 53 come into effect as of the date on which the Act on Summary Trial Procedures for Traffic Cases comes into effect, and the other parts come into effect as of the date on which the Police Act (Act No. 162 of 1954; excluding the part pertaining to the proviso to paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the same Act) comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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