# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百五条 (Article 205) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205. 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: 第二百五条 (Article 205) — address `art-205` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百五条 art-205 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205 **第一項** 検察官は、第二百三条の規定により送致された被疑者を受け取つたときは、弁解の機会を与え、留置の必要がないと思料するときは直ちにこれを釈放し、留置の必要があると思料するときは被疑者を受け取つた時から二十四時間以内に裁判官に被疑者の勾留を請求しなければならない。 art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-1 When a public prosecutor receives a suspect referred pursuant to the provisions of Article 203, the public prosecutor must give the suspect an opportunity for explanation, and immediately release the suspect when considering that it is unnecessary to detain that suspect, or request a judge to detain the suspect within 24 hours from the receipt of the suspect when considering that it is necessary to detain that suspect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の時間の制限は、被疑者が身体を拘束された時から七十二時間を超えることができない。 art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-2 The time limit under the preceding paragraph may not exceed 72 hours from the time the suspect is placed under physical restraint. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の時間の制限内に公訴を提起したときは、勾留の請求をすることを要しない。 art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-3 When a public prosecutor institutes prosecution within the time limit under the preceding two paragraphs, the public prosecutor is not required to make a request for detention. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項及び第二項の時間の制限内に勾留の請求又は公訴の提起をしないときは、直ちに被疑者を釈放しなければならない。 art-205/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-4 When a public prosecutor does not make a request for detention or institute prosecution within the time limits under paragraphs (1) and (2), the public prosecutor must immediately release a suspect. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a public prosecutor does not make a request for detention or institute prosecution within the time limit under paragraph (1) or (2), the public prosecutor must immediately release a suspect." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-205/par-1: 第二百三条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百三条 (Article 203), art-203 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-203 - art-205/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-1 - art-205/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-1 - art-205/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百五条第二項 (Article 205, paragraph (2)), art-205/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-2 - art-205/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-1 - art-205/par-4: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百五条第二項 (Article 205, paragraph (2)), art-205/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-2 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-206/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/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 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 --- ## 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 205, paragraph (4) — 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