# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百九十九条 (Article 199) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199. 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: 第百九十九条 (Article 199) — address `art-199` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百九十九条 art-199 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199 **第一項** 検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員は、被疑者が罪を犯したことを疑うに足りる相当な理由があるときは、裁判官のあらかじめ発する逮捕状により、これを逮捕することができる。ただし、三十万円（刑法、暴力行為等処罰に関する法律及び経済関係罰則の整備に関する法律の罪以外の罪については、当分の間、二万円）以下の罰金、拘留又は科料に当たる罪については、被疑者が定まつた住居を有しない場合又は正当な理由がなく前条の規定による出頭の求めに応じない場合に限る。 art-199/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199/par-1 When there exists sufficient probable cause to suspect that an offense has been committed by a suspect, a public prosecutor, public prosecutor's assistant officer or judicial police official may arrest said person upon an arrest warrant being issued in advance by a judge; provided however, that with regard to offenses punishable with a fine of not more than 300,000 yen (20,000 yen for the time being for offenses other than those under the Penal Code, the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others and the Act on Penal Provisions related to Economic Activities), penal detention or a petty fine, the suspect may only be arrested if the suspect has no fixed dwelling or if said suspect fails, without a justifiable reason, to make the appearance provided for in the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判官は、被疑者が罪を犯したことを疑うに足りる相当な理由があると認めるときは、検察官又は司法警察員（警察官たる司法警察員については、国家公安委員会又は都道府県公安委員会が指定する警部以上の者に限る。次項及び第二百一条の二第一項において同じ。）の請求により、前項の逮捕状を発する。ただし、明らかに逮捕の必要がないと認めるときは、この限りでない。 art-199/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199/par-2 If a judge deems that there exists sufficient probable cause to suspect that the suspect has committed an offense, said judge issues the arrest warrant set forth in the preceding paragraph, upon the request of a public prosecutor or a judicial police officer (in the case of a judicial police officer who is a police official, only a person designated by the National Public Safety Commission or the Prefectural Public Safety Commission and who ranks as equal to or above chief inspector; the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 201-2, paragraph (1)); provided however, that this does not apply if the judge deems that it is clearly not necessary to arrest the suspect. machine translation, not official **第三項** 検察官又は司法警察員は、第一項の逮捕状を請求する場合において、同一の犯罪事実についてその被疑者に対し前に逮捕状の請求又はその発付があつたときは、その旨を裁判所に通知しなければならない。 art-199/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199/par-3 When asking for the arrest warrant set forth in paragraph (1), a public prosecutor or judicial police officer must inform the court of all requests or issuances of arrest warrants, if any, that have previously been made against the same suspect for the same offense. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-199/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十八条 (Article 198), art-198 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-198 - art-199/par-2: 次項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十九条第三項 (Article 199, paragraph (3)), art-199/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199/par-3 - art-199/par-2: 第二百一条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百一条の二第一項 (Article 201-2, paragraph (1)), art-201-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-201-2/par-1 - art-199/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十九条第一項 (Article 199, paragraph (1)), art-199/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199/par-1 - art-199/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十九条第一項 (Article 199, paragraph (1)), art-199/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百九十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第百九十九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百一条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-201-2/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百一条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-201-2/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-211/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-216/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百八十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-280/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第四項（逮捕及び勾留に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4031-31/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-005, translated 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