# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第七十七条 (Article 77) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77. 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: 第七十七条 (Article 77) — address `art-77` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十七条 art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77 **第一項** 被告人を勾留するには、被告人に対し、弁護人を選任することができる旨及び貧困その他の事由により自ら弁護人を選任することができないときは弁護人の選任を請求することができる旨を告げなければならない。ただし、被告人に弁護人があるときは、この限りでない。 art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-1 If the defendant is to be detained, the defendant must be notified that the defendant is entitled to appoint a defense counsel, and that when unable to personally appoint a defense counsel due to indigence or any other grounds, the defendant is entitled to request the court to appoint a defense counsel; provided, however, that this does not apply if a defense counsel has been appointed for the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the accused is to be detained, the accused must be immediately notified that the accused is entitled to appoint a defense counsel, and that when unable to personally appoint a defense counsel due to indigence or any other grounds, the accused is entitled to request the court to appoint a defense counsel; provided, however, that this does not apply if a defense counsel has been appointed for the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 前項の規定により弁護人を選任することができる旨を告げるに当たつては、勾留された被告人は弁護士、弁護士法人又は弁護士会を指定して弁護人の選任を申し出ることができる旨及びその申出先を教示しなければならない。 art-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-2 When informing the defendant that the defendant is entitled to appoint a defense counsel pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court must inform the defendant that the defendant may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When informing the accused that the accused is entitled to appoint a defense counsel pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court must inform the accused that the accused may make a request for appointment of a defense counsel specifying an attorney, a legal professional corporation or a bar association, and of the person to which the request must be made." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 第六十一条ただし書の場合には、被告人を勾留した後直ちに、第一項に規定する事項及び公訴事実の要旨を告げるとともに、前項に規定する事項を教示しなければならない。ただし、被告人に弁護人があるときは、公訴事実の要旨を告げれば足りる。 art-77/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-3 In the case of the proviso of Article 61, immediately after detention of the defendant, the defendant must be notified of the matters provided in paragraph (1) and an outline of the charged facts, and also informed of the matters provided in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that if a defense counsel has been appointed for the defendant, it is sufficient to give the defendant only the outline of the charged facts. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case of the proviso of Article 61, immediately after detention of the accused, the accused must be notified of the matters provided in paragraph (1) and an outline of the charged facts, and also informed of the matters provided in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that if a defense counsel has been appointed for the accused, it is sufficient to give the accused only the outline of the charged facts." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第四項** 前条第三項の規定は、第一項の告知、第二項の教示並びに前項の告知及び教示についてこれを準用する。 art-77/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-4 The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to notification under paragraph (1), information under paragraph (2), and notification and information under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-77/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-1 - art-77/par-3: 第六十一条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-61 - art-77/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-1 - art-77/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十七条第二項 (Article 77, paragraph (2)), art-77/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-2 - art-77/par-4: 前条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十六条第三項 (Article 76, paragraph (3)), art-76/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-76/par-3 - art-77/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-1 - art-77/par-4: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十七条第二項 (Article 77, paragraph (2)), art-77/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-2 - art-77/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十七条第三項 (Article 77, paragraph (3)), art-77/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第七十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第七十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第七十七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-77/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の八第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-8/par-1/item-4 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第二項（第一条の規定による刑事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第三項（第一条の規定による刑事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-2/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 77, 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 77, 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 77, 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