# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五百十五条 (Article 515)

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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: 第五百十五条 (Article 515) — address `art-515`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第五百十五条
<sup>art-515 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515</sup>

  **第一項**  前条の規定による鑑定の嘱託を受けた者は、裁判官の許可を受けて、第百六十八条第一項に規定する処分をすることができる。
  <sup>art-515/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-1</sup>
  A person who has been requested for an expert examination pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article may carry out the measures prescribed in Article 168, paragraph (1) with the permission of a judge.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  検察官が前条の規定による鑑定の嘱託をした場合においては、前項の許可の請求は、検察官からこれをしなければならない。
  <sup>art-515/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-2</sup>
  When a public prosecutor has requested an expert examination pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the request for the permission under the preceding paragraph must be made by the public prosecutor.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  裁判官は、前項の請求を相当と認めるとき、又は裁判所若しくは裁判官が鑑定を嘱託した場合において第一項の許可をするときは、許可状を発しなければならない。
  <sup>art-515/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-3</sup>
  A judge must issue a written permit when the judge finds the request under the preceding paragraph appropriate, or when giving the permission under paragraph (1) in a case where a court or a judge has requested an expert examination.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  第百三十一条、第百三十七条、第百三十八条、第百四十条及び第百六十八条第二項から第四項までの規定は、第一項の許可及び前項の許可状について準用する。この場合において、第百三十七条第一項中「被告人」とあるのは「裁判の執行を受ける者」と、第百六十八条第二項中「被告人の氏名、罪名」とあるのは「裁判の執行を受ける者の氏名」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-515/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-4</sup>
  The provisions of Article 131, Article 137, Article 138, Article 140 and Article 168, paragraphs (2) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the permission under paragraph (1) and the written permit under the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "defendant" in Article 137, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "person subject to the execution of a decision", and the phrase "the name of the defendant, the crime" in Article 168, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "the name of the person subject to the execution of a decision".
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-515/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十四条 (Article 514), art-514 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-514
- art-515/par-1: 第百六十八条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第一項 (Article 168, paragraph (1)), art-168/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-1
- art-515/par-2: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十四条 (Article 514), art-514 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-514
- art-515/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第一項 (Article 515, paragraph (1)), art-515/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-1
- art-515/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第二項 (Article 515, paragraph (2)), art-515/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-2
- art-515/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第一項 (Article 515, paragraph (1)), art-515/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-1
- art-515/par-4: 第百三十一条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百三十一条 (Article 131), art-131 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-131
- art-515/par-4: 第百三十七条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百三十七条 (Article 137), art-137 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-137
- art-515/par-4: 第百三十八条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百三十八条 (Article 138), art-138 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-138
- art-515/par-4: 第百四十条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百四十条 (Article 140), art-140 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-140
- art-515/par-4: 第百六十八条第二項から第四項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第二項 (Article 168, paragraph (2)), art-168/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-2
- art-515/par-4: 第百六十八条第二項から第四項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第三項 (Article 168, paragraph (3)), art-168/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-3
- art-515/par-4: 第百六十八条第二項から第四項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第四項 (Article 168, paragraph (4)), art-168/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-4
- art-515/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第一項 (Article 515, paragraph (1)), art-515/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-1
- art-515/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第三項 (Article 515, paragraph (3)), art-515/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-3
- art-515/par-4: 第百三十七条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百三十七条第一項 (Article 137, paragraph (1)), art-137/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-137/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-3
- 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-4

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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-20261106T054114-018, 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