# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百四十条 (Article 140) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-140. 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: 第百四十条 (Article 140) — address `art-140` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-140 - 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. --- ### 第百四十条 art-140 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-140 **第一項** 裁判所は、第百三十七条の規定により過料を科し、又は前条の規定により身体の検査をするにあたつては、あらかじめ、検察官の意見を聴き、且つ、身体の検査を受ける者の異議の理由を知るため適当な努力をしなければならない。 art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-140/par-1 The court must, when it is going to punish a person by a non-criminal fine in accordance with Article 137, or execute an inspection and examination of the person in accordance with the preceding Article, hear the opinion of the public prosecutor in advance, and endeavor to ascertain the reason for the objection of a person who is to undergo an inspection and examination of the person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-140/par-1: 第百三十七条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百三十七条 (Article 137), art-137 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-137 - art-140/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百三十九条 (Article 139), art-139 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-139 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-6 - 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 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-4 --- ## 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