# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百五十三条 (Article 153)

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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: 第百五十三条 (Article 153) — address `art-153`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第百五十三条
<sup>art-153 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-153</sup>

  **第一項**  第六十二条、第六十三条及び第六十五条の規定は、証人の召喚について、第六十二条、第六十四条、第六十六条、第六十七条、第七十条、第七十一条及び第七十三条第一項の規定は、証人の勾引についてこれを準用する。
  <sup>art-153/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-153/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Articles 62, 63 and 65 apply mutatis mutandis to the summons of a witness. The provisions of Articles 62, 64, 66, 67, 70, 71 and Article 73, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the subpoena of a witness.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-153/par-1: 第六十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-62
- art-153/par-1: 第六十三条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十三条 (Article 63), art-63 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-63
- art-153/par-1: 第六十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-65
- art-153/par-1: 第六十四条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-64
- art-153/par-1: 第六十六条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十六条 (Article 66), art-66 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-66
- art-153/par-1: 第六十七条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十七条 (Article 67), art-67 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-67
- art-153/par-1: 第七十条 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十条 (Article 70), art-70 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-70
- art-153/par-1: 第七十一条 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十一条 (Article 71), art-71 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-71
- art-153/par-1: 第七十三条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十三条第一項 (Article 73, paragraph (1)), art-73/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-73/par-1

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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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06