# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五百十条 (Article 510)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第五百十条 (Article 510) — address `art-510`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第五百十条
<sup>art-510 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510</sup>

  **第一項**  前条第一項の令状には、裁判の執行を受ける者の氏名、差し押さえるべき物、捜索すべき場所、身体若しくは物、提供させるべき電磁的記録、提供させるべき者及び提供の方法、検証すべき場所若しくは物又は検査すべき身体及び身体の検査に関する条件、有効期間及びその期間経過後は差押え、捜索若しくは検証に着手し、又は電磁的記録提供命令をすることができず令状はこれを返還しなければならない旨並びに発付の年月日その他裁判所の規則で定める事項を記載し、裁判官が、これに記名押印しなければならない。
  <sup>art-510/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510/par-1</sup>
  The warrant under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must contain the name of the person subject to the execution of a decision, the articles to be seized, the place, body or article to be searched, the electronic or magnetic records to be provided, the person who is to be made to provide them and the method of provision, the place or article to be inspected or the body to be inspected and the conditions concerning the inspection and examination of a person, the period of validity and a statement that after expiry of the period of validity the seizure, search or inspection may not be commenced or an order to provide electronic or magnetic records may not be issued but the warrant must be returned, the date of issue, and other particulars prescribed in the Rules of Court; and the judge must affix their name and seal to it.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前条第二項の場合には、同条第一項の令状に、前項に規定する事項のほか、差し押さえるべき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、その電磁的記録を複写すべきものの範囲を記載しなければならない。
  <sup>art-510/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510/par-2</sup>
  In the case of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the warrant under paragraph (1) of that Article must contain, in addition to the particulars prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the scope of the recording medium connected via telecommunication lines to the computer which is to be seized, the electronic or magnetic records of which are to be copied.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  第六十四条第二項の規定は、前条第一項の令状について準用する。この場合において、第六十四条第二項中「被告人の」とあるのは「裁判の執行を受ける者の」と、「被告人を」とあるのは「その者を」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-510/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of Article 64, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the warrant under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. In this case, the phrase "of the defendant" in Article 64, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "of the person subject to the execution of a decision", and the phrase "the defendant may be referred to by a description of said defendant's face, physique or other features which can identify said defendant" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "that person may be referred to by a description of that person's face, physique or other features which can identify that person".
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-510/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-510/par-2: 前条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百九条第二項 (Article 509, paragraph (2)), art-509/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-2
- art-510/par-2: 同条第一項 → 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-510/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十条第一項 (Article 510, paragraph (1)), art-510/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510/par-1
- art-510/par-3: 第六十四条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-64/par-2
- art-510/par-3: 前条第一項 → 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

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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 第五百十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511/par-3

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## 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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
