# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百二十条 (Article 220) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220. 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: 第二百二十条 (Article 220) — address `art-220` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百二十条 art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220 **第一項** 検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員は、第百九十九条の規定により被疑者を逮捕する場合又は現行犯人を逮捕する場合において必要があるときは、左の処分をすることができる。第二百十条の規定により被疑者を逮捕する場合において必要があるときも、同様である。 art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-1 When public prosecutors, public prosecutor's assistant officers or judicial police officials arrest a suspect pursuant to the provisions of Article 199 or arrest an offender caught in the act, said person may, when it is necessary, take the following measures. The same applies, when it is necessary, to cases where the suspect is arrested pursuant to the provisions of Article 210: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When public prosecutors, public prosecutor's assistant officers or judicial police officials arrests a suspect pursuant to the provisions of Article 199 or arrests an offender caught in the act, said person may, when it is necessary, take the following measures. The same applies, when it is necessary, to cases where the suspect is arrested pursuant to the provisions of Article 210:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **一** 人の住居又は人の看守する邸宅、建造物若しくは船舶内に入り被疑者の捜索をすること。 art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-1 entry into the residence of another person, or the premises, buildings or vessels guarded by another person to search for a suspect; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 逮捕の現場で差押、捜索又は検証をすること。 art-220/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-2 search, seizure or inspection on the spot at the arrest of a suspect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項後段の場合において逮捕状が得られなかつたときは、差押物は、直ちにこれを還付しなければならない。第百二十三条第三項の規定は、この場合についてこれを準用する。 art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-2 The seized materials must be returned immediately when an arrest warrant is not obtained in the case set forth in the second sentence of the preceding paragraph. The provisions of Article 123, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis in this case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の処分をするには、令状は、これを必要としない。 art-220/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-3 For the measures set forth in paragraph (1), a warrant need not be obtained. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項第二号及び前項の規定は、検察事務官又は司法警察職員が勾引状又は勾留状を執行する場合にこれを準用する。被疑者に対して発せられた勾引状又は勾留状を執行する場合には、第一項第一号の規定をも準用する。 art-220/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-4 The provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii) and the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a public prosecutor's assistant officer or a judicial police official executes a subpoena or detention warrant. The provisions of paragraph (1), item (i) also apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the subpoena or detention warrant issued against a suspect is executed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-220/par-1: 第百九十九条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十九条 (Article 199), art-199 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-199 - art-220/par-1: 第二百十条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百十条 (Article 210), art-210 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-210 - art-220/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十条第一項 (Article 220, paragraph (1)), art-220/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-1 - art-220/par-2: 第百二十三条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百二十三条第三項 (Article 123, paragraph (3)), art-123/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-123/par-3 - art-220/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十条第一項 (Article 220, paragraph (1)), art-220/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-1 - art-220/par-4: 第一項第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十条第一項第二号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-220/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-2 - art-220/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十条第三項 (Article 220, paragraph (3)), art-220/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-3 - art-220/par-4: 第一項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十条第一項第一号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-220/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-220/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-222/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-222/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-499/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十九条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-499-2/par-1 --- ## 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 220, paragraph (1) — 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