# 日本国憲法 / The Constitution of Japan — 第三十五条 (Article 35)

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- Law: 日本国憲法 (The Constitution of Japan), 昭和二十一年憲法
- English title "The Constitution of Japan": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Constitution — 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: 第三十五条 (Article 35) — address `art-35`
- Text in force since: 1947-05-03
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-35
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### 第三十五条
<sup>art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-35</sup>

**第一項**  何人も、その住居、書類及び所持品について、侵入、捜索及び押収を受けることのない権利は、第三十三条の場合を除いては、正当な理由に基いて発せられ、且つ捜索する場所及び押収する物を明示する令状がなければ、侵されない。
<sup>art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-35/par-1</sup>
The right of all persons to be secure in their homes, papers and effects against entries, searches and seizures shall not be impaired except upon warrant issued for adequate cause and particularly describing the place to be searched and things to be seized, or except as provided by Article 33.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  捜索又は押収は、権限を有する司法官憲が発する各別の令状により、これを行ふ。
<sup>art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-35/par-2</sup>
Each search or seizure shall be made upon separate warrant issued by a competent judicial officer.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-35/par-1: 第三十三条 → 日本国憲法 第三十三条 (Article 33), art-33 — https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-33

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 日本国憲法 — the text in force from 1947-05-03 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/321CONSTITUTION/19470503_000000000000000), retrieved 2026-09-16
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — The Constitution of Japan — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/174/tb), retrieved 2026-09-16
- This site's parser, version 211 — 日本国憲法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-16
