# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第六十四条 (Article 64) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-64. 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: 第六十四条 (Article 64) — address `art-64` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-64 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十四条 art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-64 **第一項** 勾引状又は勾留状には、被告人の氏名及び住居、罪名、公訴事実の要旨、引致すべき場所又は勾留すべき刑事施設、有効期間及びその期間経過後は執行に着手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、裁判長又は受命裁判官が、これに記名押印しなければならない。 art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-64/par-1 A subpoena or detention warrant must contain the name and residence of the defendant, the crime, an outline of the charged facts, the place where the defendant is to be brought or the penal institution where the defendant is to be detained, the period of validity and a statement that after expiry of the period of validity the subpoena or detention warrant may not be executed but must be returned, the date of issue, and other particulars prescribed in the Rules of Court; and the presiding judge or the commissioned judge must affix their name and seal to it. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A subpoena or detention warrant must contain the name and residence of the accused, the crime, an outline of the charged facts, the place where the accused is to be brought or the penal institution where the accused is to be detained, the period of validity and a statement that after expiry of the period of validity the subpoena or detention warrant may not be executed but must be returned, the date of issue, and other particulars prescribed in the Rules of Court; and the presiding judge or the commissioned judge must affix their name and seal to it." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 被告人の氏名が明らかでないときは、人相、体格その他被告人を特定するに足りる事項で被告人を指示することができる。 art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-64/par-2 When the name of the defendant is unknown, the defendant may be referred to by a description of said defendant's face, physique or other features which can identify said defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the name of the accused is unknown, the accused may be referred to by a description of said accused's face, physique or other features which can identify said accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 被告人の住居が明らかでないときは、これを記載することを要しない。 art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-64/par-3 When the residence of the defendant is unknown, it need not be recorded. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the residence of the accused is unknown, it need not be recorded." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第六十六条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-66/par-5 - 刑事訴訟法 第百七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第百三十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-136/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第百五十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-153/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-200/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百十九条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-219/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の七第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-7/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の十二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-12/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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 64, 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 64, 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 64, 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