# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百二十一条 (Article 121) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-121. 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: 第百二十一条 (Article 121) — address `art-121` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-121 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百二十一条 art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-121 **第一項** 運搬又は保管に不便な押収物については、看守者を置き、又は所有者その他の者に、その承諾を得て、これを保管させることができる。 art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-121/par-1 Seized articles which are inconvenient for transportation or retention may be put under guard, or the owner or another person may be made to retain said articles after receiving consent to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 危険を生ずる虞がある押収物は、これを廃棄することができる。 art-121/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-121/par-2 Seized articles which are likely to be dangerous may be disposed of. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の処分は、裁判所が特別の指示をした場合を除いては、差押状の執行をした者も、これをすることができる。 art-121/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-121/par-3 The measures provided in the preceding two paragraphs may be taken by the executing officer of the seizure warrant except when otherwise specially directed by the court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-121/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百二十一条第一項 (Article 121, paragraph (1)), art-121/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-121/par-1 - art-121/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百二十一条第二項 (Article 121, paragraph (2)), art-121/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-121/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百二十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-121/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 第五百十三条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-7 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06