# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

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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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（経過措置） — address `suppl-4191-95/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
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<sup>suppl-4191-95/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4191-95/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  第一条の規定による改正後の刑事訴訟法第三百十六条の五第十一号、第三百十六条の十一（第三百十六条の五第十一号に係る部分に限る。）及び第二編第三章第三節の規定は、この法律の施行の際現に係属している刑事被告事件については、適用しない。この法律の施行の日前判決が確定した刑事被告事件であってこの法律の施行の日以後再審開始の決定が確定したものについても、同様とする。
<sup>suppl-4191-95/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4191-95/art-3/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 316-5, item (xi), Article 316-11 (limited to the part pertaining to Article 316-5, item (xi)) and Part II, Chapter III, Section 3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 1 do not apply to criminal cases pending at the time of the enforcement of this Act. The same applies to criminal cases in which the judgment became final before the date of enforcement of this Act and in which a ruling to commence retrial becomes final on or after that date.
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## Cites
- suppl-4191-95/art-3/par-1: 刑事訴訟法第三百十六条の五第十一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の五第一項第十二号 (Article 316-5, paragraph (1), item (xii)), art-316-5/par-1/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-5/par-1/item-12
- suppl-4191-95/art-3/par-1: 第三百十六条の十一 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十六条の十一 (Article 316-11), art-316-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-316-11

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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-20261106T054114-020, translated 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-021, 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
