# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百二十四条 (Article 224) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224. 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: 第二百二十四条 (Article 224) — address `art-224` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百二十四条 art-224 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224 **第一項** 前条第一項の規定により鑑定を嘱託する場合において第百六十七条第一項に規定する処分を必要とするときは、検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察員は、裁判官にその処分を請求しなければならない。 art-224/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224/par-1 When the measures prescribed in Article 167, paragraph (1) are necessary in cases where a request is made for an expert examination pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, public prosecutors, public prosecutor's assistant officers or judicial police officers must request a judge for the measures mentioned above. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判官は、前項の請求を相当と認めるときは、第百六十七条の場合に準じてその処分をしなければならない。この場合には、第百六十七条の二の規定を準用する。 art-224/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224/par-2 When the judge finds the request set forth in the preceding paragraph reasonable, said judge must carry out the measures as in the case of Article 167. In this case, the provisions of Article 167-2 apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第二百七条の二及び第二百七条の三の規定は、第一項の請求について準用する。この場合において、第二百七条の二中「勾留を」とあるのは「第百六十七条第一項に規定する処分を」と、同条並びに第二百七条の三第三項及び第五項中「勾留状」とあるのは「鑑定留置状」と、第二百七条の二第二項中「前条第五項本文の規定により」とあるのは「第二百二十四条第二項前段の規定により第百六十七条の場合に準じて」と読み替えるものとする。 art-224/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224/par-3 The provisions of Article 207-2 and Article 207-3 apply mutatis mutandis to the request under paragraph (1). In this case, the phrase "whose detention has been requested" in Article 207-2 is deemed to be replaced with "for whom the measure prescribed in Article 167, paragraph (1) has been requested", the phrase "detention warrant" in that Article and in Article 207-3, paragraphs (3) and (5) is deemed to be replaced with "detention warrant for expert examination", and the phrase "pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article" in Article 207-2, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of Article 224, paragraph (2), in accordance with the case of Article 167". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-224/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十三条第一項 (Article 223, paragraph (1)), art-223/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-223/par-1 - art-224/par-1: 第百六十七条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十七条第一項 (Article 167, paragraph (1)), art-167/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-167/par-1 - art-224/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十四条第一項 (Article 224, paragraph (1)), art-224/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224/par-1 - art-224/par-2: 第百六十七条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十七条 (Article 167), art-167 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-167 - art-224/par-2: 第百六十七条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十七条の二 (Article 167-2), art-167-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-167-2 - art-224/par-3: 第二百七条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条の二 (Article 207-2), art-207-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207-2 - art-224/par-3: 第二百七条の三 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条の三 (Article 207-3), art-207-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207-3 - art-224/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十四条第一項 (Article 224, paragraph (1)), art-224/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224/par-1 - art-224/par-3: 第百六十七条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十七条第一項 (Article 167, paragraph (1)), art-167/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-167/par-1 - art-224/par-3: 第二百七条の三第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条の三第三項 (Article 207-3, paragraph (3)), art-207-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207-3/par-3 - art-224/par-3: 第五項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条の三第五項 (Article 207-3, paragraph (5)), art-207-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207-3/par-5 - art-224/par-3: 第二百七条の二第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条の二第二項 (Article 207-2, paragraph (2)), art-207-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207-2/par-2 - art-224/par-3: 前条第五項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第五項 (Article 207, paragraph (5)), art-207/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-5 - art-224/par-3: 第二百二十四条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十四条第二項 (Article 224, paragraph (2)), art-224/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224/par-2 - art-224/par-3: 第百六十七条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十七条 (Article 167), art-167 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-167 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224/par-2 - 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 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十四条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-224-2/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百二十九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-429/par-3 --- ## 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-20261106T054114-007, 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