# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百九十八条 (Article 198) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198. 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: 第百九十八条 (Article 198) — address `art-198` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百九十八条 art-198 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198 **第一項** 検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員は、犯罪の捜査をするについて必要があるときは、被疑者の出頭を求め、これを取り調べることができる。但し、被疑者は、逮捕又は勾留されている場合を除いては、出頭を拒み、又は出頭後、何時でも退去することができる。 art-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-1 A public prosecutor, public prosecutor's assistant officer or judicial police official may ask any suspect to appear in their offices and interrogate said person when it is necessary for the investigation of a crime; provided however, that the suspect may, except in cases where said person is under arrest or under detention, refuse to appear or after said person has appeared, may withdraw at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の取調に際しては、被疑者に対し、あらかじめ、自己の意思に反して供述をする必要がない旨を告げなければならない。 art-198/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-2 In the case of the interrogation set forth in the preceding paragraph, the suspect must be notified in advance that said person is not required to make a statement against said person's will. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 被疑者の供述は、これを調書に録取することができる。 art-198/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-3 The statement of the suspect may be recorded as a written statement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の調書は、これを被疑者に閲覧させ、又は読み聞かせて、誤がないかどうかを問い、被疑者が増減変更の申立をしたときは、その供述を調書に記載しなければならない。 art-198/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-4 The written statement set forth in the preceding paragraph must be inspected by the suspect or read to said person for verification, and if said person makes a motion for any addition, removal or alteration, said person's remarks must be entered in the written statement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 被疑者が、調書に誤のないことを申し立てたときは、これに署名押印することを求めることができる。但し、これを拒絶した場合は、この限りでない。 art-198/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-5 If the suspect affirms that the contents of the written statement are correct, said suspect may be asked to attach a signature and seal to it; provided however, that this does not apply when the suspect refuses to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-198/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十八条第一項 (Article 198, paragraph (1)), art-198/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-1 - art-198/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十八条第三項 (Article 198, paragraph (3)), art-198/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-3 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百九十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第百九十八条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第百九十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-223/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百一条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-301-2/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百一条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-301-2/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百一条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-301-2/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の二第一項第一号イ — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-2/par-1/item-1/sub-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-5/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第十二条第一項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4291-67/art-12/par-1 --- ## 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