# Article 222, paragraph (12), its wordings — Code of Criminal Procedure This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/history/art-222/par-12. 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 222, paragraph (12) (第二百二十二条第十二項) 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 222, paragraph (12) (第二百二十二条第十二項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-222/par-12 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-222/par-12) - 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: > 第八項の規定にかかわらず、日出前、日没後には、第二百十八条の令状（第十項の規定により立ち入るべき場所が記載されたものに限る。）に夜間でも令状の提示をすることができる旨の記載がなければ、検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員は、同条の規定により電磁的記録提供命令をする場合における第一項において準用する第百十条の規定による令状の提示のため、人の住居又は人の看守する邸宅、建造物若しくは船舶内に入ることができない。ただし、第百十七条各号に掲げる場所については、この限りでない。 English (Machine translation, not official): > Notwithstanding paragraph (8), before sunrise or after sunset, a public prosecutor, public prosecutor's assistant officer or judicial police official may not enter the residence of a person, or premises, building or vessel guarded by a person for the purpose of showing the warrant pursuant to the provisions of Article 110 as applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (1) when issuing an order to provide electronic or magnetic records pursuant to the provisions of Article 218, unless the warrant under Article 218 (limited to a warrant stating the place to be entered pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (10)) contains a written statement to the effect that the warrant may be shown during the night; provided, however, that this does not apply to the places set forth in each item of Article 117. ## 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: > 第八項の規定にかかわらず、日出前、日没後には、第二百十八条第一項の令状（第十項の規定により立ち入るべき場所が記載され、又は記録されたものに限る。）に夜間でも令状の提示をすることができる旨の記載又は記録がなければ、検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員は、同条の規定により電磁的記録提供命令をする場合における第一項において準用する第百十条第一項の規定による措置をとるため、人の住居又は人の看守する邸宅、建造物若しくは船舶内に入ることができない。ただし、第百十七条各号に掲げる場所については、この限りでない。 English (Machine translation, not official): > Notwithstanding paragraph (8), before sunrise or after sunset, a public prosecutor, public prosecutor's assistant officer or judicial police official may not enter the residence of a person, or premises, building or vessel guarded by a person for the purpose of taking the measure pursuant to the provisions of Article 110, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (1) when issuing an order to provide electronic or magnetic records pursuant to the provisions of Article 218, unless the warrant set forth in Article 218, paragraph (1) (limited to a warrant stating or recording the place to be entered pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (10)) contains a written or recorded statement to the effect that the warrant may be shown during the night; provided, however, that this does not apply to the places set forth in each item of Article 117. --- ## 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)