# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5081-67/art-3. 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（再審の請求の手続の迅速化等） — address `suppl-5081-67/art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5081-67/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条（再審の請求の手続の迅速化等） — Expediting of Procedures for Requests for a Retrial, Etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-67/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5081-67/art-3 **第一項** 再審の請求の手続については、近年における再審の手続に関する諸事情に鑑み、裁判の迅速化に関する法律（平成十五年法律第百七号）第二条第一項の目標が実現されるよう、適正かつ迅速に行われなければならない。 suppl-5081-67/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5081-67/art-3/par-1 The procedures for a request for a retrial must be conducted appropriately and promptly, in light of the circumstances in recent years concerning retrial proceedings, so that the goal set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Expediting of Trials (Act No. 107 of 2003) is achieved. machine translation, not official **第二項** 再審の請求をした者（検察官を除く。）、弁護人及び検察官は、再審の請求の手続が迅速に行われるよう、裁判所に進んで協力しなければならない。 suppl-5081-67/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5081-67/art-3/par-2 A person who has made a request for a retrial (excluding a public prosecutor), defense counsel and a public prosecutor must proactively cooperate with the court so that the procedures for a request for a retrial are conducted promptly. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5081-67/art-3/par-1: 裁判の迅速化に関する法律（平成十五年法律第百七号）第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 415AC0000000107, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 1 provision cites 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-5081-67/art-1/par-1/item-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-20261106T054114-026, 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