# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百七条 (Article 107)

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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
- 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: 第百七条 (Article 107) — address `art-107`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107
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### 第百七条
<sup>art-107 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107</sup>

  **第一項**  差押状又は捜索状には、被告人の氏名、罪名、差し押さえるべき物又は捜索すべき場所、身体若しくは物、有効期間及びその期間経過後は執行に着手することができず令状はこれを返還しなければならない旨並びに発付の年月日その他裁判所の規則で定める事項を記載し、裁判長が、これに記名押印しなければならない。
  <sup>art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107/par-1</sup>
  Seizure warrants or search warrants must contain the name of the defendant, the charged offense, the articles to be seized, or the place, body or articles to be searched, the period of validity and a statement to the effect that after said period of validity expires searches or seizures may not be executed and said warrant must be returned, as well as the date of issue and other particulars prescribed in the Rules of Court; and the name and seal of the presiding judge must be affixed to said warrants.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  第九十九条第二項の規定による処分をするときは、前項の差押状に、同項に規定する事項のほか、差し押さえるべき電子計算機に電気通信回線で接続している記録媒体であつて、その電磁的記録を複写すべきものの範囲を記載しなければならない。
  <sup>art-107/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107/par-2</sup>
  When making the disposition provided for in Article 99, paragraph (2), in addition to the particulars prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the seizure warrants set forth in the preceding paragraph must contain the range of recording medium from which the electronic or magnetic records are to be copied and which is connected via telecommunication lines to the computer to be seized.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When making the ruling provided for in Article 99, paragraph (2), in addition to the particulars prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the seizure warrants set forth in the preceding paragraph must contain the range of recording medium to which the electronic or magnetic records are to be copied and which is connected via telecommunication lines to the computer to be seized." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

  **第三項**  第六十四条第二項の規定は、第一項の差押状又は捜索状について準用する。
  <sup>art-107/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of Article 64, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the seizure warrant or search warrant set forth in paragraph (1).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-107/par-2: 第九十九条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十九条第二項 (Article 99, paragraph (2)), art-99/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-99/par-2
- art-107/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七条第一項 (Article 107, paragraph (1)), art-107/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107/par-1
- art-107/par-3: 第六十四条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-64/par-2
- art-107/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百七条第一項 (Article 107, paragraph (1)), art-107/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 刑事訴訟法 第百七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第百七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107/par-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Code of Criminal Procedure, written 2026-11-06
- 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 107, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), 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-20261106T054114-003, 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
