# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第十四章 (Part 1, Chapter 14)

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- 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
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## 第十四章　証拠保全 — Chapter XIV Preservation of Evidence
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-1/ch-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14</sup>

### 第百七十九条
<sup>art-179 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179</sup>

  **第一項**  被告人、被疑者又は弁護人は、あらかじめ証拠を保全しておかなければその証拠を使用することが困難な事情があるときは、第一回の公判期日前に限り、裁判官に押収（電磁的記録提供命令（第百二条の二第一項第一号イに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。）を含む。）、捜索、電磁的記録提供命令（同号ロに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。）、検証、証人の尋問又は鑑定の処分を請求することができる。
  <sup>art-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179/par-1</sup>
  The defendant, suspect, or the defense counsel may request of a judge a disposition on a seizure (including the provision under an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (a))), search, an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in (b) of that item), inspection, witness examination or expert examination, only before the first trial date, and when there are circumstances which suggest that it will be difficult to use the evidence unless it is preserved in advance.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の請求を受けた裁判官は、その処分に関し、裁判所又は裁判長と同一の権限を有する。
  <sup>art-179/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179/par-2</sup>
  The judge who has been so requested as prescribed in the preceding paragraph has the same authority as that of a court or a presiding judge with regard to a disposition.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百八十条
<sup>art-180 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180</sup>

  **第一項**  検察官及び弁護人は、裁判所において、前条第一項の処分に関する書類（電磁的記録を含む。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）及び証拠物を閲覧し、及び謄写することができる。この場合において、当該処分に関する書類又は証拠物の全部又は一部が電磁的記録であるときは、当該電磁的記録の閲覧は、その内容を表示したものを閲覧し、又はその内容を再生したものを視聴する方法によるものとし、当該電磁的記録の謄写は、これを複写し、若しくは印刷し、又はその内容を表示し若しくは再生したものを記載し若しくは記録する方法によるものとする。
  <sup>art-180/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-1</sup>
  The public prosecutor and the defense counsel may inspect and copy the documents (including electronic or magnetic records; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and the following Article) and articles of evidence pertaining to the dispositions prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article in court. In this case, when all or part of the documents or articles of evidence pertaining to the dispositions are electronic or magnetic records, the inspection of the electronic or magnetic record is to be by means of inspecting what displays its contents or viewing and listening to what reproduces its contents, and the copying of the electronic or magnetic record is to be by means of duplicating or printing it, or writing or recording what displays or reproduces its contents.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の場合において、弁護人が次に掲げる行為をするについては、裁判官の許可を受けなければならない。
  <sup>art-180/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-2</sup>
  In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, defense counsel must receive permission from the judge to perform any of the following acts:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  証拠物を謄写すること（次号及び第三号に掲げるものを除く。）。
    <sup>art-180/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-2/item-1</sup>
    copying articles of evidence (excluding those set forth in the following item and item (iii));
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  前条第一項の処分に関する書類又は証拠物の全部又は一部が電磁的記録である場合における当該電磁的記録について、これを複写する方法により謄写すること。
    <sup>art-180/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-2/item-2</sup>
    in the case where all or part of the documents or articles of evidence pertaining to the dispositions prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are electronic or magnetic records, copying such electronic or magnetic record by means of duplicating it;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  前条第一項の処分に関する書類又は証拠物（当該処分に関する書類又は証拠物の全部又は一部が電磁的記録である場合における当該電磁的記録については、その内容を表示し又は再生したもの）を電磁的記録として記録する方法により謄写すること。
    <sup>art-180/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-2/item-3</sup>
    copying the documents or articles of evidence pertaining to the dispositions prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (in the case where all or part of them are electronic or magnetic records, what displays or reproduces the contents of such electronic or magnetic records) by means of recording them as an electronic or magnetic record.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  前二項の規定にかかわらず、第百五十七条の六第五項に規定する電磁的記録は、謄写することができない。
  <sup>art-180/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-3</sup>
  Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the electronic or magnetic record provided in Article 157-6, paragraph (5) may not be copied.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  被告人又は被疑者は、裁判官の許可を受け、裁判所において、前条第一項の処分に関する書類及び証拠物を閲覧することができる。ただし、被告人又は被疑者に弁護人があるときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-180/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-4</sup>
  The defendant or suspect may inspect the documents and articles of evidence pertaining to the dispositions prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article in court with the permission of the judge; provided however, that this does not apply when defense counsel is assigned to the defendant or suspect.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第五項**  前項本文の場合において、前条第一項の処分に関する書類又は証拠物の全部又は一部が電磁的記録であるときは、当該電磁的記録の閲覧は、その内容を表示したものを閲覧し、又はその内容を再生したものを視聴する方法によるものとする。
  <sup>art-180/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-5</sup>
  In the case referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, when all or part of the documents or articles of evidence pertaining to the dispositions prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are electronic or magnetic records, the inspection of the electronic or magnetic record is to be by means of inspecting what displays its contents or viewing and listening to what reproduces its contents.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百八十条の二
<sup>art-180-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180-2</sup>

  **第一項**  検察官は、第百七十九条第一項の処分に関する書類又は証拠物がファイルに記録されている場合においては、電磁的方法（電子情報処理組織（裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機と検察官の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。）を使用する方法その他の情報通信の技術を利用する方法であつて裁判所の規則で定めるものをいう。）により、これを閲覧し、及び謄写することができる。
  <sup>art-180-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180-2/par-1</sup>
  When documents or articles of evidence pertaining to the dispositions prescribed in Article 179, paragraph (1) are recorded in the file, the public prosecutor may inspect and copy them by electronic or magnetic means (meaning means using an electronic data processing system (meaning an electronic data processing system connecting the computer used by the court and the computer used by the public prosecutor via telecommunication lines) or other means utilizing information and communications technology that are specified by the Rules of Court).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  弁護人は、前項に規定する場合においては、裁判官の許可を受けて、第四十条の二第一項に規定する電磁的方法により、第百七十九条第一項の処分に関する書類又は証拠物を閲覧し、又は謄写することができる。
  <sup>art-180-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180-2/par-2</sup>
  In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the defense counsel may, with the permission of the judge, inspect or copy the documents or articles of evidence pertaining to the dispositions prescribed in Article 179, paragraph (1) by the electronic or magnetic means prescribed in Article 40-2, paragraph (1).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  前条第一項後段の規定は前二項の規定による閲覧又は謄写について、同条第三項の規定は前二項の規定による謄写について、それぞれ準用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「前二項」とあるのは、「次条第一項及び第二項の規定並びに同条第三項において準用する第一項後段」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-180-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180-2/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to inspection or copying under the preceding two paragraphs, and the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to copying under the preceding two paragraphs. In this case, the phrase "the preceding two paragraphs" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraphs (1) and (2) of the following Article and the second sentence of paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article".
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-179/par-1: 第百二条の二第一項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第百二条の二第一項第一号 (Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-102-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-9/from-art-99#art-102-2/par-1/item-1
- art-179/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七十九条第一項 (Article 179, paragraph (1)), art-179/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179/par-1
- art-180/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七十九条第一項 (Article 179, paragraph (1)), art-179/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179/par-1
- art-180/par-1: この条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条 (Article 180), art-180 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180
- art-180/par-1: 次条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条の二 (Article 180-2), art-180-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180-2
- art-180/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条第一項 (Article 180, paragraph (1)), art-180/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-1
- art-180/par-2/item-1: 次号 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条第二項第二号 (Article 180, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-180/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-2/item-2
- art-180/par-2/item-1: 第三号 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条第二項第三号 (Article 180, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-180/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-2/item-3
- art-180/par-2/item-2: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七十九条第一項 (Article 179, paragraph (1)), art-179/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179/par-1
- art-180/par-2/item-3: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七十九条第一項 (Article 179, paragraph (1)), art-179/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179/par-1
- art-180/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条第一項 (Article 180, paragraph (1)), art-180/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-1
- art-180/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条第二項 (Article 180, paragraph (2)), art-180/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-2
- art-180/par-3: 第百五十七条の六第五項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百五十七条の六第五項 (Article 157-6, paragraph (5)), art-157-6/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-11/from-art-157-5#art-157-6/par-5
- art-180/par-4: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七十九条第一項 (Article 179, paragraph (1)), art-179/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179/par-1
- art-180/par-5: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条第四項 (Article 180, paragraph (4)), art-180/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-4
- art-180/par-5: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七十九条第一項 (Article 179, paragraph (1)), art-179/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179/par-1
- art-180-2/par-1: 第百七十九条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七十九条第一項 (Article 179, paragraph (1)), art-179/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179/par-1
- art-180-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条の二第一項 (Article 180-2, paragraph (1)), art-180-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180-2/par-1
- art-180-2/par-2: 第四十条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四十条の二第一項 (Article 40-2, paragraph (1)), art-40-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-4/from-art-38-2#art-40-2/par-1
- art-180-2/par-2: 第百七十九条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七十九条第一項 (Article 179, paragraph (1)), art-179/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-179/par-1
- art-180-2/par-3: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条第一項 (Article 180, paragraph (1)), art-180/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-1
- art-180-2/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条の二第一項 (Article 180-2, paragraph (1)), art-180-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180-2/par-1
- art-180-2/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条の二第二項 (Article 180-2, paragraph (2)), art-180-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180-2/par-2
- art-180-2/par-3: 同条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条第三項 (Article 180, paragraph (3)), art-180/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-3
- art-180-2/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条第二項 (Article 180, paragraph (2)), art-180/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180/par-2
- art-180-2/par-3: 同条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十条の二第三項 (Article 180-2, paragraph (3)), art-180-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-14#art-180-2/par-3

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