# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百七十九条 (Article 279)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第二百七十九条 (Article 279) — address `art-279`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第二百七十九条
<sup>art-279 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-279</sup>

    **第一項**  裁判所は、検察官、被告人若しくは弁護人の請求により又は職権で、公務所又は公私の団体に照会して必要な事項の報告を求めることができる。
    <sup>art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-279/par-1</sup>
    The court may, upon the request of the public prosecutor, the defendant or the defense counsel, or ex officio, ask public offices or public or private organizations for reports on particulars necessary for the trial.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court may, upon the request of the public prosecutor, the accused or the defense counsel, or ex officio, ask public offices or public or private organizations for reports on particulars necessary for the trial." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

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## 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 279, 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