# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第九十一条 (Article 91)

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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: 第九十一条 (Article 91) — address `art-91`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第九十一条
<sup>art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-91</sup>

  **第一項**  勾留による拘禁が不当に長くなつたときは、裁判所は、第八十八条に規定する者の請求により、又は職権で、決定を以て勾留を取り消し、又は保釈を許さなければならない。
  <sup>art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-91/par-1</sup>
  When confinement through detention has been unduly long, the court must, upon the request of the person prescribed in Article 88 or ex officio, make a ruling to rescind the detention or grant bail.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  第八十二条第三項の規定は、前項の請求についてこれを準用する。
  <sup>art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-91/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 82, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the request prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-91/par-1: 第八十八条 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十八条 (Article 88), art-88 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-88
- art-91/par-2: 第八十二条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十二条第三項 (Article 82, paragraph (3)), art-82/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-3
- art-91/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十一条第一項 (Article 91, paragraph (1)), art-91/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-91/par-1

## Cited by

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- 刑事訴訟法 第九十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-91/par-2

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