# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百七十二条 (Article 172) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-172. 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: 第百七十二条 (Article 172) — address `art-172` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-172 - 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. --- ### 第百七十二条 art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-172 **第一項** 身体の検査を受ける者が、鑑定人の第百六十八条第一項の規定によつてする身体の検査を拒んだ場合には、鑑定人は、裁判官にその者の身体の検査を請求することができる。 art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-172/par-1 When a person who is to undergo an inspection and examination of a person refuses to be inspected and examined by an expert witness prescribed in Article 168, paragraph (1), said expert witness may request a judge to conduct said inspection and examination of the person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の請求を受けた裁判官は、第十章の規定に準じ身体の検査をすることができる。 art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-172/par-2 The judge who is requested as prescribed in the preceding paragraph may inspect and examine a person in accordance with the provisions of Chapter X. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-172/par-1: 第百六十八条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第一項 (Article 168, paragraph (1)), art-168/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-1 - art-172/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-172/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百七十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-172/par-2 --- ## 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