Expert witnesses may, upon the permission of the court and when it is necessary for expert examination, enter a person's residence, or premises, building or vessel guarded by a person, or conduct inspections and examinations of persons, perform autopsies, excavate graves or break objects.
鑑定人は、鑑定について必要がある場合には、裁判所の許可を受けて、人の住居若しくは人の看守する邸宅、建造物若しくは船舶内に入り、身体を検査し、死体を解剖し、墳墓を発掘し、又は物を破壊することができる。
Changes and moves to paragraph (4) by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The court must, when it gives permission as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, issue a written permit which contains the name of the defendant, the crime, and the place to be entered, the body to be inspected and examined, the corpse to be autopsied, the grave to be excavated, the object to be destroyed and the name of the expert witness and other particulars provided for by the Rules of Court.
裁判所は、前項の許可をするには、被告人の氏名、罪名及び立ち入るべき場所、検査すべき身体、解剖すべき死体、発掘すべき墳墓又は破壊すべき物並びに鑑定人の氏名その他裁判所の規則で定める事項を記載した許可状を発して、これをしなければならない。
Changes and moves to paragraph (5) by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The court may add appropriate conditions to inspections and examinations of persons.
裁判所は、身体の検査に関し、適当と認める条件を附することができる。
Changes and moves to paragraph (6) by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
Expert witnesses must show a written permit to the relevant persons subject to the measures prescribed in paragraph (1) of this Article.
鑑定人は、第一項の処分を受ける者に許可状を示さなければならない。
Changes and moves to paragraph (7) by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to the measures prescribed in paragraph (1) of this Article taken by an expert witness in a public court.
Changes and moves to paragraph (8) by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The provisions of Articles 131, 137, 138 and 140 apply mutatis mutandis to inspections and examinations of persons by an expert witness in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article.