# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五百九条 (Article 509) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509. 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: 第五百九条 (Article 509) — address `art-509` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百九条 art-509 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509 **第一項** 検察官は、裁判の執行に関して必要があると認めるときは、裁判官の発する令状により、差押え、捜索、電磁的記録提供命令又は検証をすることができる。この場合において、身体の検査は、身体検査令状によらなければならない。 art-509/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-1 The public prosecutor may, when the public prosecutor finds it necessary with regard to the execution of a decision, upon a warrant issued by a judge, conduct a seizure or search, issue an order to provide electronic or magnetic records, or conduct an inspection. In this case, the inspection and examination of a person must be conducted upon a warrant for an inspection and examination of a person. machine translation, not official **第二項** 差し押さえるべき物が電子計算機であるときは、当該電子計算機に電気通信回線で接続している記録媒体であつて、当該電子計算機で作成若しくは変更をした電磁的記録又は当該電子計算機で変更若しくは消去をすることができることとされている電磁的記録を保管するために使用されていると認めるに足りる状況にあるものから、その電磁的記録を当該電子計算機又は他の記録媒体に複写した上、当該電子計算機又は当該他の記録媒体を差し押さえることができる。 art-509/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-2 If the article to be seized is a computer, and with regard to a recording medium connected via telecommunication lines to such computer, it may be reasonably supposed that such recording medium was used to retain electronic or magnetic records which have been made or altered using such computer, or electronic or magnetic records which can be altered or erased using such computer, the computer or other recording medium may be seized after such electronic or magnetic records have been copied onto such computer or other recording medium. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の令状は、検察官の請求により、これを発する。 art-509/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-3 The warrant under paragraph (1) is issued upon the request of a public prosecutor. machine translation, not official **第四項** 検察官は、第一項の身体検査令状の請求をするには、身体の検査を必要とする理由及び身体の検査を受ける者の性別、健康状態その他裁判所の規則で定める事項を示さなければならない。 art-509/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-4 When requesting the warrant for an inspection and examination of a person under paragraph (1), a public prosecutor must indicate the reason for the necessity of the inspection and examination, the sex and physical condition of the person to be inspected and examined and other particulars as provided in the Rules of Court. machine translation, not official **第五項** 裁判官は、身体の検査に関し、適当と認める条件を付することができる。 art-509/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-5 A judge may provide conditions that said judge deems appropriate for the inspection and examination of a person. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-509/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百九条第一項 (Article 509, paragraph (1)), art-509/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-1 - art-509/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百九条第一項 (Article 509, paragraph (1)), art-509/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-1 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第五百九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百九条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-6 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513-2/par-1 - 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 - 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 第十一条第一項（対象電磁的記録の消去命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-11/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 505AC0000000067) - 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 第十一条の二第一項（対象電磁的記録の複写不許可決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-11-2/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 505AC0000000067) --- ## 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