Bill to Partially Amend the Code of Criminal Procedure

AI summary

Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.

Summary

This is a Cabinet-submitted bill to partially amend Japan's Code of Criminal Procedure (Keiji Sosho Ho), listed in the House of Representatives bill records (submission session 221, number 61). The raw source note indicates a deliberation status of 'enacted' (seiritsu), but this should be confirmed against the official Japanese source. No further details on the content of the amendments are provided in the metadata.

Business Impact

Amendments to criminal procedure rules could affect entities involved in criminal investigations, evidence handling, or related legal processes, but the specific effects cannot be determined from this metadata.

Recommended Action

Consider reviewing the official House of Representatives source and the full text of the bill to verify its current status and substantive provisions.

Timeline of related official records

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1. Date not stated by the source — Bill listed by the House of Representatives (Diet session 221) 刑事訴訟法の一部を改正する法律案（審議状況：成立） (this update) Original Japanese source

What happens next

The House of Representatives lists this bill as enacted (成立). Promulgation of the resulting law has not yet been matched by this dashboard; the official gazette and e-Gov Law Search are authoritative.