# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三十九条 (Article 39) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-39. 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: 第三十九条 (Article 39) — address `art-39` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-39 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十九条 art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-39 **第一項** 身体の拘束を受けている被告人又は被疑者は、弁護人又は弁護人を選任することができる者の依頼により弁護人となろうとする者（弁護士でない者にあつては、第三十一条第二項の許可があつた後に限る。）と立会人なくして接見し、又は書類若しくは物の授受をすることができる。 art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-39/par-1 The defendant or the suspect in custody may, without any official being present, have an interview with, or send to or receive documents or articles from defense counsel or prospective defense counsel upon the request of a person entitled to appoint defense counsel (with regard to a person who is not an attorney, this applies only after the permission prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (2) has been obtained). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The accused or the suspect in custody may, without any official being present, have an interview with, or send to or receive documents or articles from defense counsel or prospective defense counsel upon the request of a person entitled to appoint defense counsel (with regard to a person who is not an attorney, this applies only after the permission prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (2) has been obtained)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 前項の接見又は授受については、法令（裁判所の規則を含む。以下同じ。）で、被告人又は被疑者の逃亡、罪証の隠滅又は戒護に支障のある物の授受を防ぐため必要な措置を規定することができる。 art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-39/par-2 With regard to the interview or the sending or receiving of documents or articles prescribed in the preceding paragraph, such measures may be provided by laws and regulations (including the Rules of Court; the same applies hereinafter) as are necessary to prevent the flight of the defendant or the suspect, the concealment or destruction of evidence, or the sending or receiving of articles which may hinder safe custody. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to the interview or the sending or receiving of documents or articles prescribed in the preceding paragraph, such measures may be provided by laws and regulations (including the Rules of Court; the same applies hereinafter) as are necessary to prevent the flight of the accused or the suspect, the concealment or destruction of evidence, or the sending or receiving of articles which may hinder safe custody." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員（司法警察員及び司法巡査をいう。以下同じ。）は、捜査のため必要があるときは、公訴の提起前に限り、第一項の接見又は授受に関し、その日時、場所及び時間を指定することができる。但し、その指定は、被疑者が防禦の準備をする権利を不当に制限するようなものであつてはならない。 art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-39/par-3 A public prosecutor, public prosecutor's assistant officer or judicial police official ("judicial police official" means both a judicial police officer and a judicial police constable; the same applies hereinafter) may, when it is necessary for investigation, designate the date, place and time of the interview or sending or receiving of documents or articles prescribed in paragraph (1) only prior to the institution of prosecution; provided however, that such designation must not unduly restrict the rights of the suspect to prepare for defense. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A public prosecutor, public prosecutor's assistant officer or judicial police official ("judicial police official" means both a judicial police officer and a judicial constable; the same applies hereinafter) may, when it is necessary for investigation, designate the date, place and time of the interview or sending or receiving of documents or articles prescribed in paragraph (1) only prior to the institution of prosecution; provided however, that such designation must not unduly restrict the rights of the suspect to prepare for defense." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-39/par-1: 第三十一条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十一条第二項 (Article 31, paragraph (2)), art-31/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-31/par-2 - art-39/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-39/par-1 - art-39/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-39/par-1 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 附則第四十一条第一項（映像等の送受信による通話に係る取組の推進） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/suppl-5071-39/art-41/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 405AC0000000047) - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第四十一条第一項（映像等の送受信による通話に係る取組の推進） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-5071-39/art-41/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 326CO0000000319) - 刑事訴訟法 第三十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-39/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三十九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-39/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第八十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-80/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第八十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-81/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-430/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第四十一条第一項（映像等の送受信による通話に係る取組の推進） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5071-39/art-41/par-1 - 刑法 附則第四十一条第一項（映像等の送受信による通話に係る取組の推進） — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/suppl-5071-39/art-41/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) - 少年法 附則第四十一条第一項（映像等の送受信による通話に係る取組の推進） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/suppl-5071-39/art-41/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000168) - 性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律 附則第四十一条第一項（映像等の送受信による通話に係る取組の推進） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/suppl-5071-39/art-41/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 505AC0000000067) - 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法 附則第四十一条第一項（映像等の送受信による通話に係る取組の推進） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control/suppl-5071-39/art-41/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 403AC0000000071) --- ## 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 39, 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 39, paragraph (2) — 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 39, paragraph (3) — 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