# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百七条 (Article 207) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207. 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: 第二百七条 (Article 207) — address `art-207` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百七条 art-207 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207 **第一項** 前三条の規定による勾留の請求を受けた裁判官は、その処分に関し裁判所又は裁判長と同一の権限を有する。但し、保釈については、この限りでない。 art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-1 The judge who has been requested for detention pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three Articles has the same authority as a court or a presiding judge regarding the disposition thereof; provided however, that this does not apply to bail. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の裁判官は、勾留を請求された被疑者に被疑事件を告げる際に、被疑者に対し、弁護人を選任することができる旨及び貧困その他の事由により自ら弁護人を選任することができないときは弁護人の選任を請求することができる旨を告げなければならない。ただし、被疑者に弁護人があるときは、この限りでない。 art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-2 When informing a suspect whose detention has been requested of the alleged facts of the crime, the judge referred to in the preceding paragraph must notify the suspect that a suspect is entitled to appoint a defense counsel, and that when unable to personally appoint a defense counsel due to indigence or any other grounds, the suspect is entitled to request a judge to appoint a defense counsel; provided, however, that this does not apply if a defense counsel has been appointed for the suspect. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When informing a suspect whose detention has been requested of the alleged facts of the crime, the judge referred to in the preceding paragraph must notify the suspect that a suspect is entitled to appoint a defense counsel, and that when unable to personally appoint a defense counsel due to indigence or any other grounds, the suspect is entitled to request the court to appoint a defense counsel; provided, however, that this does not apply if a defense counsel has been appointed for the suspect." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 前項の規定により弁護人を選任することができる旨を告げるに当たつては、勾留された被疑者は弁護士、弁護士法人又は弁護士会を指定して弁護人の選任を申し出ることができる旨及びその申出先を教示しなければならない。 art-207/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-3 When informing a suspect that the suspect is entitled to appoint a defense counsel pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the judge must inform the suspect that the suspect, once detained, may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When informing a suspect that the suspect is entitled to appoint a defense counsel pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the judge must inform the suspect that the suspect may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第四項** 第二項の規定により弁護人の選任を請求することができる旨を告げるに当たつては、弁護人の選任を請求するには資力申告書を提出しなければならない旨及びその資力が基準額以上であるときは、あらかじめ、弁護士会（第三十七条の三第二項の規定により第三十一条の二第一項の申出をすべき弁護士会をいう。）に弁護人の選任の申出をしていなければならない旨を教示しなければならない。 art-207/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-4 When informing a suspect that the suspect is entitled to appoint a defense counsel pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), the judge must inform the suspect that the suspect must submit a report on personal financial resources when making a request for appointment of a defense counsel, and that when the suspect's financial resources are equal to or above the base amount, the suspect must have first requested a bar association (meaning the bar association to which the request under Article 31-2, paragraph (1) is to be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 37-3, paragraph (2)) to appoint the defense counsel. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 裁判官は、第一項の勾留の請求を受けたときは、速やかに勾留状を発しなければならない。ただし、勾留の理由がないと認めるとき、及び前条第二項の規定により勾留状を発することができないときは、勾留状を発しないで、直ちに被疑者の釈放を命じなければならない。 art-207/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-5 When a judge receives a request for detention under paragraph (1), the judge must promptly issue a detention warrant; provided, however, that when the judge finds that there are no grounds for detention or when the judge is unable to issue a detention warrant pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the judge must immediately order the release of a suspect without issuing a detention warrant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a judge receives a request for detention under paragraph (1), the judge must promptly issue a detention warrant; provided, however, that when the judge finds that there are no grounds for detention or when it is unable to issue a detention warrant pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the judge must immediately order the release of a suspect without issuing a detention warrant." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-207/par-1: 前三条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百四条 (Article 204), art-204 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-204 - art-207/par-1: 前三条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百五条 (Article 205), art-205 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-205 - art-207/par-1: 前三条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六条 (Article 206), art-206 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-206 - art-207/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第一項 (Article 207, paragraph (1)), art-207/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-1 - art-207/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第二項 (Article 207, paragraph (2)), art-207/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-2 - art-207/par-4: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第二項 (Article 207, paragraph (2)), art-207/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-2 - art-207/par-4: 第三十七条の三第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の三第二項 (Article 37-3, paragraph (2)), art-37-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3/par-2 - art-207/par-4: 第三十一条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十一条の二第一項 (Article 31-2, paragraph (1)), art-31-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-31-2/par-1 - art-207/par-5: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第一項 (Article 207, paragraph (1)), art-207/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-1 - art-207/par-5: 前条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六条第二項 (Article 206, paragraph (2)), art-206/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-206/par-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-5 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207-2/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207-2/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-208/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224/par-3 --- ## 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 207, 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 207, paragraph (3) — 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 207, paragraph (5) — 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