Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
When a judicial police officer has arrested a suspect through an arrest warrant or has received a suspect who was arrested through an arrest warrant, said officer must immediately inform the suspect of the outline of the suspected crime and the fact that the suspect may appoint a defense counsel and then, giving the suspect an opportunity for explanation, said officer must immediately release the suspect when believing that it is not necessary to detain the suspect, or must carry out the procedure of referring the suspect together with the documents and articles of evidence to a public prosecutor within 48 hours of the suspect being placed under physical restraint when believing that it is necessary to detain the suspect.
司法警察員は、逮捕状により被疑者を逮捕したとき、又は逮捕状により逮捕された被疑者を受け取つたときは、直ちに犯罪事実の要旨及び弁護人を選任することができる旨を告げた上、弁解の機会を与え、留置の必要がないと思料するときは直ちにこれを釈放し、留置の必要があると思料するときは被疑者が身体を拘束された時から四十八時間以内に書類及び証拠物とともにこれを検察官に送致する手続をしなければならない。
In the case of the preceding paragraph, if the judicial police officer asks the suspect whether or not the suspect has defense counsel, and if the suspect has defense counsel, said officer is not required to inform the suspect of the fact that the suspect may appoint a defense counsel.
前項の場合において、被疑者に弁護人の有無を尋ね、弁護人があるときは、弁護人を選任することができる旨は、これを告げることを要しない。
When informing a suspect that the suspect is entitled to appoint a defense counsel pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the judicial police officer must inform the suspect that a suspect may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made.
司法警察員は、第一項の規定により弁護人を選任することができる旨を告げるに当たつては、被疑者に対し、弁護士、弁護士法人又は弁護士会を指定して弁護人の選任を申し出ることができる旨及びその申出先を教示しなければならない。
When informing a suspect that the suspect is entitled to appoint a defense counsel pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the judicial police officer must inform the suspect that, if a request for further detention of the suspect is made and the suspect is unable to personally appoint a defense counsel due to indigence or any other grounds, the suspect may request a judge to appoint a defense counsel; that when requesting the judge to appoint the defense counsel, the suspect must submit a report on personal financial resources; and that when the suspect's financial resources are equal to or above the base amount, the suspect must have first requested a bar association (meaning the bar association to which the request under Article 31-2, paragraph (1) is to be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 37-3, paragraph (2)) to appoint the defense counsel.
司法警察員は、第一項の規定により弁護人を選任することができる旨を告げるに当たつては、被疑者に対し、引き続き勾留を請求された場合において貧困その他の事由により自ら弁護人を選任することができないときは裁判官に対して弁護人の選任を請求することができる旨並びに裁判官に対して弁護人の選任を請求するには資力申告書を提出しなければならない旨及びその資力が基準額以上であるときは、あらかじめ、弁護士会（第三十七条の三第二項の規定により第三十一条の二第一項の申出をすべき弁護士会をいう。）に弁護人の選任の申出をしていなければならない旨を教示しなければならない。
When a suspect is not referred within the time limit under paragraph (1), the suspect must be immediately released.
第一項の時間の制限内に送致の手続をしないときは、直ちに被疑者を釈放しなければならない。
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Financial Resources
「資力」
The total of the cash, deposits and other similar assets a Cabinet Order (政令) sets that belong to a person.
Short name set inArticle 36-2, paragraph (1)
personal financial resources
「資力申告書」
A document reporting a person's financial resources (資力), the total of their cash, deposits and other similar assets a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, and their breakdown, which a defendant (and, under Article 37-3, a suspect) must submit when asking for defense counsel to be appointed by the court.
Defined inArticle 36-2, paragraph (1)
base amount
「基準額」
The amount, set by Cabinet Order (政令), that is taken as generally enough to pay a defense counsel's fees and expenses, allowing for standard living costs; a defendant or suspect whose financial resources (資力) reach it must first apply to a bar association for defense counsel before asking the court to appoint one.
Defined inArticle 36-3, paragraph (1)
public prosecutor
検察官
The official who brings a prosecution (公訴) for a crime before a court (Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 247), and who may decide not to prosecute where, in view of the offender's character, age and circumstances, the gravity and circumstances of the offence and what happened after it, prosecution is not needed (Article 248). In criminal cases a public prosecutor asks the court to apply the law correctly and oversees the carrying out of its judgments; and, as the representative of the public interest, a public prosecutor also does the work other laws and regulations assign to a public prosecutor, which is not limited to criminal cases (Public Prosecutors Office Act, Article 4). A public prosecutor may investigate any crime (Article 6, paragraph (1)). Public prosecutors work through the public prosecutors offices (検察庁): the Supreme, High, District and Local Public Prosecutors Offices (Article 1).
Written by AI using Code of Criminal Procedure, Arts. 247, 248 and Public Prosecutors Office Act, Arts. 1, 4, 6 as a reference.