# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百二十条 (Article 120)

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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
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- Provision: 第百二十条 (Article 120) — address `art-120`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第百二十条
<sup>art-120 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-120</sup>

  **第一項**  押収をした場合には、その目録を作り、所有者、所持者若しくは保管者（第百十条の二の規定による処分又は電磁的記録提供命令（第百二条の二第一項第一号イに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。）を受けた者を含む。）又はこれらの者に代わるべき者に交付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-120/par-1</sup>
  If articles have been seized, the executing officer must make an inventory and deliver it to the owner, possessor or custodian of the articles (including the person subject to the measure pursuant to the provisions of Article 110-2 or an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (a))) or said person's deputy.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  電磁的記録提供命令（第百二条の二第一項第一号ロに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。）により電磁的記録を提供させた場合には、書面又は電磁的記録をもつてその目録を作り、当該電磁的記録提供命令を受けた者又はこれに代わるべき者に提供しなければならない。
  <sup>art-120/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-120/par-2</sup>
  When electronic or magnetic records have been provided under an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (b)), an inventory must be made in writing or in electronic or magnetic records and provided to the person who received that order to provide electronic or magnetic records or that person's deputy.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、電磁的記録をもつて作成する目録の提供は、これを受ける者に異議があるときは、することができない。
  <sup>art-120/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-120/par-3</sup>
  Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, an inventory made in electronic or magnetic records may not be provided if the person to receive it objects.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-120/par-1: 第百十条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第百十条の二 (Article 110-2), art-110-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-110-2
- art-120/par-1: 第百二条の二第一項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第百二条の二第一項第一号 (Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-102-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-102-2/par-1/item-1
- art-120/par-2: 第百二条の二第一項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第百二条の二第一項第一号 (Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-102-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-102-2/par-1/item-1
- art-120/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百二十条第二項 (Article 120, paragraph (2)), art-120/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-120/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 刑事訴訟法 第百二十条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-120/par-3
- 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-222/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-6
- 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-7
- 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第十項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-10

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## 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-20261106T054114-004, 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
