# 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-4121-74. 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-4121-74` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4121-74 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成一二年五月一九日法律第七四号 suppl-4121-74 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4121-74 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4121-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4121-74/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the respective dates specified in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第一条中刑事訴訟法第二百三十五条の改正規定及び第二条の規定　公布の日から起算して二十日を経過した日 suppl-4121-74/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4121-74/par-1/item-1 the provisions amending Article 235 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in Article 1, and the provisions of Article 2: the date on which 20 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation; machine translation, not official **二** 第一条中刑事訴訟法第百五十七条の次に三条を加える改正規定（第百五十七条の四に係る部分に限る。）　公布の日から起算して一年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4121-74/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4121-74/par-1/item-2 the provisions in Article 1 that add three Articles after Article 157 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (limited to the part pertaining to Article 157-4): the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項第一号に定める日前に犯した第一条の規定による改正後の刑事訴訟法第二百三十五条第一項第一号に掲げる罪について告訴をすることができる期間については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4121-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4121-74/par-2 With regard to the period during which a complaint may be filed for a crime listed in Article 235, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 1, committed before the date specified in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4121-74/par-2: 前項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-4121-74/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4121-74/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 附則第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4121-74/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-020, 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