# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百六十八条 (Article 168) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168. 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: 第百六十八条 (Article 168) — address `art-168` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百六十八条 art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168 **第一項** 鑑定人は、鑑定について必要がある場合には、裁判所の許可を受けて、人の住居若しくは人の看守する邸宅、建造物若しくは船舶内に入り、身体を検査し、死体を解剖し、墳墓を発掘し、又は物を破壊することができる。 art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-1 Expert witnesses may, upon the permission of the court and when it is necessary for expert examination, enter a person's residence, or premises, building or vessel guarded by a person, or conduct inspections and examinations of persons, perform autopsies, excavate graves or break objects. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の許可をするには、被告人の氏名、罪名及び立ち入るべき場所、検査すべき身体、解剖すべき死体、発掘すべき墳墓又は破壊すべき物並びに鑑定人の氏名その他裁判所の規則で定める事項を記載した許可状を発して、これをしなければならない。 art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-2 The court must, when it gives permission as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, issue a written permit which contains the name of the defendant, the crime, and the place to be entered, the body to be inspected and examined, the corpse to be autopsied, the grave to be excavated, the object to be destroyed and the name of the expert witness and other particulars provided for by the Rules of Court. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court must, when it gives permission as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, issue a written permit which contains the name of the accused, the crime, and the place to be entered, the body to be inspected and examined, the corpse to be autopsied, the grave to be excavated, the object to be destroyed and the name of the expert witness and other particulars provided for by the Rules of Court." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 裁判所は、身体の検査に関し、適当と認める条件を附することができる。 art-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-3 The court may add appropriate conditions to inspections and examinations of persons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 鑑定人は、第一項の処分を受ける者に許可状を示さなければならない。 art-168/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-4 Expert witnesses must show a written permit to the relevant persons subject to the measures prescribed in paragraph (1) of this Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前三項の規定は、鑑定人が公判廷でする第一項の処分については、これを適用しない。 art-168/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-5 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to the measures prescribed in paragraph (1) of this Article taken by an expert witness in a public court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第百三十一条、第百三十七条、第百三十八条及び第百四十条の規定は、鑑定人の第一項の規定によつてする身体の検査についてこれを準用する。 art-168/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-6 The provisions of Articles 131, 137, 138 and 140 apply mutatis mutandis to inspections and examinations of persons by an expert witness in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-168/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第一項 (Article 168, paragraph (1)), art-168/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-1 - art-168/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第一項 (Article 168, paragraph (1)), art-168/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-1 - art-168/par-5: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第二項 (Article 168, paragraph (2)), art-168/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-2 - art-168/par-5: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第三項 (Article 168, paragraph (3)), art-168/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-3 - art-168/par-5: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第四項 (Article 168, paragraph (4)), art-168/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-4 - art-168/par-5: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第一項 (Article 168, paragraph (1)), art-168/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-1 - art-168/par-6: 第百三十一条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百三十一条 (Article 131), art-131 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-131 - art-168/par-6: 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-168/par-6: 第百三十八条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百三十八条 (Article 138), art-138 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-138 - art-168/par-6: 第百四十条 → 刑事訴訟法 第百四十条 (Article 140), art-140 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-140 - art-168/par-6: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第一項 (Article 168, paragraph (1)), art-168/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-5 - 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 第百七十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-172/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-1 - 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 - 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 168, 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06