# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5. 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) — address `suppl-4281-54/art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五条 suppl-4281-54/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5 **第一項** 検察官又は司法警察員は、第三号施行日前においても、逮捕されている被疑者に対し、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することができる。 suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-1 A public prosecutor or judicial police officer may, even before the item (iii) Effective Date, inform an arrested suspect that the suspect 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. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定による教示をされた被疑者については、当該事件について重ねて前条第一項又は第二項の規定による教示をすることを要しない。 suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-2 A suspect who has been informed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph need not be informed again with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article. machine translation, not official **第三項** 検察官は、第三号施行日前においても、第一条による改正前の法第三十七条の二第一項に規定する事件について勾留されている被疑者に対し、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することができる。 suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-3 The public prosecutor may, even before the item (iii) Effective Date, inform a suspect who is detained in a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 1 that the suspect 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. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の規定による教示をされた被疑者については、当該事件について重ねて前条第三項及び附則第二条第二項の規定による教示をすることを要しない。 suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-4 A suspect who has been informed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph need not be informed again with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions. machine translation, not official **第五項** 検察官は、第三号施行日前においても、勾留されている被疑者（第三項に規定する被疑者を除く。）に対し、弁護人を選任することができる旨を告げるとともに、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することができる。 suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-5 The public prosecutor may, even before the item (iii) Effective Date, notify a detained suspect (excluding the suspect prescribed in paragraph (3)) that the suspect may appoint a defense counsel, and inform the suspect that the suspect 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. machine translation, not official **第六項** 前項の規定による告知及び教示をされた被疑者については、当該事件について重ねて前条第四項の規定による告知及び教示並びに附則第二条第二項の規定による教示をすることを要しない。 suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-6 A suspect who has been notified and informed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph need not be notified and informed again with regard to that case pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article, or informed again pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-1 - suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-2: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-4281-54/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-4/par-1 - suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-2: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-4281-54/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-4/par-2 - suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (3)), suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-3 - suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-4: 前条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第四条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (3)), suppl-4281-54/art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-4/par-3 - suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-4: 附則第二条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-2 - suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-5: 第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (3)), suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-3 - suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-6: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第五条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (5)), suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-5 - suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-6: 前条第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第四条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (4)), suppl-4281-54/art-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-4/par-4 - suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-6: 附則第二条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-2/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第五条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-5 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第五条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4281-54/art-5/par-6 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-022, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-023, translated 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