# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三十七条の三 (Article 37-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3. 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: 第三十七条の三 (Article 37-3) — address `art-37-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3 - 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. --- ### 第三十七条の三 art-37-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3 **第一項** 前条第一項の請求をするには、資力申告書を提出しなければならない。 art-37-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3/par-1 A report on personal financial resources must be submitted when making the request set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** その資力が基準額以上である被疑者が前条第一項の請求をするには、あらかじめ、その勾留の請求を受けた裁判官の所属する裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所の管轄区域内に在る弁護士会に第三十一条の二第一項の申出をしていなければならない。 art-37-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3/par-2 If a suspect, whose Financial Resources are equal to or more than the base amount, is to make the request set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, said suspect must have first made the request set forth in Article 31-2, paragraph (1) to the bar association within the jurisdictional district of the district court which has jurisdiction over the place where the court to which the judge who received the request for detention belongs is located. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定により第三十一条の二第一項の申出を受けた弁護士会は、同条第三項の規定による通知をしたときは、前項の地方裁判所に対し、その旨を通知しなければならない。 art-37-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3/par-3 Where the bar association, which received the request set forth in Article 31-2, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, has given the notification under the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article, it must notify the district court set forth in the preceding paragraph to such effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-37-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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 - art-37-3/par-2: 前条第一項 → 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 - art-37-3/par-2: 第三十一条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十一条の二第一項 (Article 31-2, paragraph (1)), art-31-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-31-2/par-1 - art-37-3/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の三第二項 (Article 37-3, paragraph (2)), art-37-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3/par-2 - art-37-3/par-3: 第三十一条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十一条の二第一項 (Article 31-2, paragraph (1)), art-31-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-31-2/par-1 - art-37-3/par-3: 同条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十一条の二第三項 (Article 31-2, paragraph (3)), art-31-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-31-2/par-3 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三十七条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-37-3/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百三条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-203/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-204/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十条の十七第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-350-17/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 附則第七条第三項（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-4281-54/art-7/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