# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百三十一条 (Article 131) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-131. 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: 第百三十一条 (Article 131) — address `art-131` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-131 - 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. --- ### 第百三十一条 art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-131 **第一項** 身体の検査については、これを受ける者の性別、健康状態その他の事情を考慮した上、特にその方法に注意し、その者の名誉を害しないように注意しなければならない。 art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-131/par-1 An inspection and examination of a person, taking into account the sex, physical condition and other circumstances of a person undergoing said inspection and examination, must be executed with due care given especially to the manner of the inspection and examination, so as not to harm the dignity of the person being inspected and examined. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 女子の身体を検査する場合には、医師又は成年の女子をこれに立ち会わせなければならない。 art-131/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-131/par-2 In cases of the inspections and examinations of females, the court must have a physician or a female adult attend the inspection and examination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-6 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-222/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-7 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-4 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06