# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-9. 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: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)（検討） — address `suppl-4281-54/art-9` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-9 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4281-54/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-9 **第一項** 政府は、取調べの録音・録画等（取調べにおける被疑者の供述及びその状況を録音及び録画の方法により記録媒体に記録し、並びにこれを立証の用に供することをいう。以下この条において同じ。）が、被疑者の供述の任意性その他の事項についての的確な立証を担保するものであるとともに、取調べの適正な実施に資することを踏まえ、この法律の施行後三年を経過した場合において、取調べの録音・録画等の実施状況を勘案し、取調べの録音・録画等に伴って捜査上の支障その他の弊害が生じる場合があること等に留意しつつ、取調べの録音・録画等に関する制度の在り方について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-1 Taking into account that audio and video recording, etc. of interrogations (meaning recording the statements made by a suspect in an interrogation and the circumstances on a recording medium by a method of recording sound and images, and using such recording as evidence; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) ensures accurate proof of the voluntariness of the statements made by the suspect and other matters, and contributes to the proper conduct of interrogations, the government, when three years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, is to examine the way the system for audio and video recording, etc. of interrogations should be, taking into consideration the status of implementation of audio and video recording, etc. of interrogations and bearing in mind that audio and video recording, etc. of interrogations may cause obstacles to investigations and other adverse effects, and, if it finds it necessary, to take required measures based on the results. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項に定めるもののほか、政府は、この法律の施行後三年を経過した場合において、この法律による改正後の規定の施行の状況について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-2 In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the government, when three years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, is to examine the status of enforcement of the provisions as amended by this Act and, if it finds it necessary, to take required measures based on the results. machine translation, not official **第三項** 政府は、この法律の公布後、必要に応じ、速やかに、再審請求審における証拠の開示、起訴状等における被害者の氏名の秘匿に係る措置、証人等の刑事手続外における保護に係る措置等について検討を行うものとする。 suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-3 The government is to promptly examine, as necessary, after the promulgation of this Act, the disclosure of evidence in proceedings on a request for retrial, measures concerning the concealment of the names of victims in charging sheets, etc., measures concerning the protection of a witness or the like outside criminal procedures, and other matters. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-1: この条 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-4281-54/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-9 - suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (1)), suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第九条第一項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-9/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第九条第二項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-9/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-20261106T054114-023, 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