# Article 207-2, paragraph (2), its wordings — Code of Criminal Procedure This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/history/art-207-2/par-2. 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. How the wording of Article 207-2, paragraph (2) (第二百七条の二第二項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change. - Law: Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure - Provision: Article 207-2, paragraph (2) (第二百七条の二第二項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207-2/par-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-207-2/par-2) - The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments - 2 wordings, oldest first. ## 1. Before Act No. 39 of 2025 - State: In force Japanese: > 裁判官は、前項の規定による請求を受けたときは、勾留を請求された被疑者に被疑事件を告げるに当たつては、当該請求に係る個人特定事項を明らかにしない方法によるとともに、前条第五項本文の規定により勾留状を発するときは、これと同時に、被疑者に示すものとして、当該個人特定事項を明らかにしない方法により被疑事実の要旨を記載した勾留状の抄本その他の勾留状に代わるものを交付するものとする。ただし、当該請求に係る者が第二百一条の二第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる者に該当しないことが明らかなときは、この限りでない。 English (Machine translation, not official): > When a judge has received a request under the preceding paragraph, the judge is, when informing the suspect whose detention has been requested of the alleged facts of the crime, to do so in a manner that does not disclose the particulars identifying an individual pertaining to the request, and, when issuing a detention warrant pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article, is to deliver at the same time, as the document to be shown to the suspect, an extract of the detention warrant stating an outline of the alleged facts of the crime in a manner that does not disclose those particulars identifying an individual, or other document in lieu of the detention warrant; provided, however, that this does not apply when it is clear that the person pertaining to the request does not fall under the persons set out in Article 201-2, paragraph (1), item (i) or item (ii). ## 2. By 31 March 2027 — Act No. 39 of 2025 - State: Not yet in force - Takes effect: By 31 March 2027 - The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 39 of 2025) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039 Japanese: > 裁判官は、前項の規定による請求を受けたときは、勾留を請求された被疑者に被疑事件を告げるに当たつては、当該請求に係る個人特定事項を明らかにしない方法によるとともに、前条第五項本文の規定により勾留状を発するときは、これと同時に、勾留状を執行するための措置に用いるものとして、当該個人特定事項を明らかにしない方法により被疑事実の要旨を記載し、又は記録した勾留状の抄本その他の勾留状に代わるものを提供するものとする。ただし、当該請求に係る者が第二百一条の二第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる者に該当しないことが明らかなときは、この限りでない。 English (Machine translation, not official): > When a judge has received a request under the preceding paragraph, the judge is, when informing the suspect whose detention has been requested of the alleged facts of the crime, to do so in a manner that does not disclose the particulars identifying an individual pertaining to the request, and, when issuing a detention warrant pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article, is to provide at the same time, for use in the measure for executing the detention warrant, an extract of the detention warrant stating or recording an outline of the alleged facts of the crime in a manner that does not disclose those particulars identifying an individual, or other document in lieu of the detention warrant; provided, however, that this does not apply when it is clear that the person pertaining to the request does not fall under the persons set out in Article 201-2, paragraph (1), item (i) or item (ii). --- ## Sources - The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131) - English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb) - English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI - The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20261020_508AC0000000067) - The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20270331_507AC0000000039)