# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五百八条 (Article 508) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-508. 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: 第五百八条 (Article 508) — address `art-508` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-508 - 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. --- ### 第五百八条 art-508 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-508 **第一項** 検察官又は裁判所若しくは裁判官は、裁判の執行に関して、その目的を達するため必要な調査をすることができる。ただし、強制の処分は、この法律に特別の定めがある場合でなければ、これをすることができない。 art-508/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-508/par-1 The public prosecutor or a court or a judge may conduct an investigation necessary to attain the purpose of the execution of a decision; provided, however, that compulsory dispositions may not be applied unless special provisions have been established in this Code. machine translation, not official **第二項** 検察官又は裁判所若しくは裁判官は、裁判の執行に関しては、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。 art-508/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-508/par-2 The public prosecutor or a court or a judge may, with regard to the execution of a decision, ask public offices or public or private organizations to report on necessary matters. machine translation, not official ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-516/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百九十一条第二項（過料の裁判の執行等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-291/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 423AC0000000052) - 少年法 第三十一条第二項（費用の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-31/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000168) - 民事調停法 第三十六条第二項（過料についての決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-mediation-act/art-36/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 326AC1000000222) --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-017, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-017, translated 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