# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-66/art-5. 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（公訴時効に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5051-66/art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-66/art-5 - 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. --- ### 第五条（公訴時効に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Statute of Limitations for Prosecution caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5051-66/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-66/art-5 **第一項** 第二条改正後刑事訴訟法第二百五十条第三項及び第四項の規定は、第二条の規定の施行の際既にその公訴の時効が完成している罪については、適用しない。 suppl-5051-66/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-66/art-5/par-1 The provisions of Article 250, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2 do not apply to a crime for which the statute of limitations for prosecution has already been completed at the time the provisions of Article 2 come into effect. machine translation, not official **第二項** 第二条改正後刑事訴訟法（施行日以後においては新刑事訴訟法）第二百五十条第三項及び第四項の規定は、刑法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十六年法律第百五十六号）附則第三条第二項の規定にかかわらず、第二条の規定の施行の際その公訴の時効が完成していない罪についても、適用する。 suppl-5051-66/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-66/art-5/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 156 of 2004), the provisions of Article 250, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2 (or, on or after the Effective Date, the New Code of Criminal Procedure) also apply to a crime for which the statute of limitations for prosecution has not been completed at the time the provisions of Article 2 come into effect. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5051-66/art-5/par-1: 第二条改正後刑事訴訟法第二百五十条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百五十条第三項 (Article 250, paragraph (3)), art-250/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-250/par-3 - suppl-5051-66/art-5/par-1: 第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百五十条第四項 (Article 250, paragraph (4)), art-250/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-250/par-4 - suppl-5051-66/art-5/par-2: 刑法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十六年法律第百五十六号）附則第三条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-4161-156/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-156/art-3/par-2 ## Cited by 2 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-5051-66/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第四条第一項（刑事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-66/art-4/par-1 --- ## 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-20261106T054114-025, 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