# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三十七条の二 (Article 37-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-2. 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: 第三十七条の二 (Article 37-2) — address `art-37-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-2 - 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. --- ### 第三十七条の二 art-37-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-2 **第一項** 被疑者に対して勾留状が発せられている場合において、被疑者が貧困その他の事由により弁護人を選任することができないときは、裁判官は、その請求により、被疑者のため弁護人を付さなければならない。ただし、被疑者以外の者が選任した弁護人がある場合又は被疑者が釈放された場合は、この限りでない。 art-37-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-2/par-1 If a detention warrant is issued against a suspect and the suspect is unable to appoint a defense counsel due to indigence or any other grounds, a judge must appoint a defense counsel for the suspect upon request; provided, however, that this does not apply when the defense counsel is appointed by a person other than the suspect, or the suspect is released. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の請求は、勾留を請求された被疑者も、これをすることができる。 art-37-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-2/par-2 A request under the preceding paragraph may also be made by a suspect whose detention has been requested. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-37-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の二第一項 (Article 37-2, paragraph (1)), art-37-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-2/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-2/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-5/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-3/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第七条第一項（第二条の規定による刑事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4161-62/art-7/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-4/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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06