# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二十四条 (Article 24) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-24. 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24) — address `art-24` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-24 - 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. --- ### 第二十四条 art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-24 **第一項** 訴訟を遅延させる目的のみでされたことの明らかな忌避の申立は、決定でこれを却下しなければならない。この場合には、前条第三項の規定を適用しない。第二十二条の規定に違反し、又は裁判所の規則で定める手続に違反してされた忌避の申立を却下する場合も、同様である。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-24/par-1 When it is clear that the recusal of a judge has been made merely for the purpose of delaying proceedings, such recusal must be dismissed by a ruling. Paragraph (3) of the preceding Article does not apply to such case. The same applies to a ruling of dismissal against a recusal which was made in violation of Article 22 or the procedures established by the Rules of Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合には、忌避された受命裁判官、地方裁判所の一人の裁判官又は家庭裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所の裁判官は、忌避の申立てを却下する裁判をすることができる。 art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-24/par-2 In the cases given in the preceding paragraph, a recused commissioned judge or the recused individual judge of a district court, or the recused judge of a family court or summary court, may dismiss the recusal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-24/par-1: 前条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二十三条第三項 (Article 23, paragraph (3)), art-23/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-23/par-3 - art-24/par-1: 第二十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-22 - art-24/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-24/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-24/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-26/par-2 --- ## 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