# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百十五条 (Article 215) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-215. 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: 第二百十五条 (Article 215) — address `art-215` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-215 - 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. --- ### 第二百十五条 art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-215 **第一項** 司法巡査は、現行犯人を受け取つたときは、速やかにこれを司法警察員に引致しなければならない。 art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-215/par-1 If a judicial police constable has received an offender caught in the act, the judicial police constable must promptly bring said person to a judicial police officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 司法巡査は、犯人を受け取つた場合には、逮捕者の氏名、住居及び逮捕の事由を聴き取らなければならない。必要があるときは、逮捕者に対しともに官公署に行くことを求めることができる。 art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-215/par-2 If a judicial police constable has received an offender caught in the act, said constable must ascertain the name and residence of the arrester and the reason for the arrest. When it is necessary, said constable may require the arrester to accompany said constable to a public agency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-217/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