# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百四十五条 (Article 145)

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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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- Provision: 第百四十五条 (Article 145) — address `art-145`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第百四十五条
<sup>art-145 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-145</sup>

  **第一項**  左に掲げる者が前条の申立をしたときは、第一号に掲げる者についてはその院、第二号に掲げる者については内閣の承諾がなければ、証人としてこれを尋問することはできない。
  <sup>art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-145/par-1</sup>
  When the persons prescribed in the following items make an assertion as prescribed in the preceding Article, the court may not examine said person as a witness without the consent of the House with regard to the person prescribed in item (i), or the consent of the Cabinet with regard to the person prescribed in item (ii):
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  衆議院若しくは参議院の議員又はその職に在つた者
    <sup>art-145/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-145/par-1/item-1</sup>
    a Member or ex-Member of the House of Representatives or the House of Councillors;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a Member or ex-Member of the House of Representatives or the Senate;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

    **二**  内閣総理大臣その他の国務大臣又はその職に在つた者
    <sup>art-145/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-145/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the Prime Minister, other Ministers of State or ex-Ministers of State.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の場合において、衆議院、参議院又は内閣は、国の重大な利益を害する場合を除いては、承諾を拒むことができない。
  <sup>art-145/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-145/par-2</sup>
  In the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the House of Representatives, the House of Councillors and the Cabinet may not refuse to give consent except where such examination may harm important national interests.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Cabinet may not refuse to give consent except where such examination may harm important national interests." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-145/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百四十四条 (Article 144), art-144 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-144
- art-145/par-1: 第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第百四十五条第一項第一号 (Article 145, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-145/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-145/par-1/item-1
- art-145/par-1: 第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第百四十五条第一項第二号 (Article 145, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-145/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-145/par-1/item-2
- art-145/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百四十五条第一項 (Article 145, paragraph (1)), art-145/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-145/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 刑事訴訟法 第百四十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-145/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第百四十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-145/par-2

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Code of Criminal Procedure, written 2026-11-06
- 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 145, paragraph (1), item (i) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 145, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), 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