# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百九十三条 (Article 193) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193. 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: 第百九十三条 (Article 193) — address `art-193` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193 - 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. --- ### 第百九十三条 art-193 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193 **第一項** 検察官は、その管轄区域により、司法警察職員に対し、その捜査に関し、必要な一般的指示をすることができる。この場合における指示は、捜査を適正にし、その他公訴の遂行を全うするために必要な事項に関する一般的な準則を定めることによつて行うものとする。 art-193/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193/par-1 A public prosecutor may, within said prosecutor's jurisdiction, give necessary general instructions to judicial police officials regarding their investigation. Such instructions are to be given by setting forth general standards for a fair investigation and other particulars necessary for prosecuting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 検察官は、その管轄区域により、司法警察職員に対し、捜査の協力を求めるため必要な一般的指揮をすることができる。 art-193/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193/par-2 A public prosecutor may, within said prosecutor's jurisdiction, also issue to judicial police officials general orders necessary for them to cooperate in investigations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 検察官は、自ら犯罪を捜査する場合において必要があるときは、司法警察職員を指揮して捜査の補助をさせることができる。 art-193/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193/par-3 A public prosecutor may, when the prosecutor personally investigates an offense, if it is necessary, issue orders to judicial police officials and have them assist in the investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の場合において、司法警察職員は、検察官の指示又は指揮に従わなければならない。 art-193/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193/par-4 In the case of the preceding three paragraphs, judicial police officials must follow the instructions and orders of the public prosecutor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-193/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十三条第一項 (Article 193, paragraph (1)), art-193/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193/par-1 - art-193/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十三条第二項 (Article 193, paragraph (2)), art-193/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193/par-2 - art-193/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百九十三条第三項 (Article 193, paragraph (3)), art-193/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百九十三条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-193/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