# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百二十五条 (Article 225) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225. 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: 第二百二十五条 (Article 225) — address `art-225` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百二十五条 art-225 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225 **第一項** 第二百二十三条第一項の規定による鑑定の嘱託を受けた者は、裁判官の許可を受けて、第百六十八条第一項に規定する処分をすることができる。 art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-1 A person who has been requested for an expert examination pursuant to the provisions of Article 223, paragraph (1) may carry out the measures prescribed in Article 168, paragraph (1) with the permission of the judge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の許可の請求は、検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察員からこれをしなければならない。 art-225/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-2 The request for the permission set forth in the preceding paragraph must be made by a public prosecutor, a public prosecutor's assistant officer or a judicial police officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判官は、前項の請求を相当と認めるときは、許可状を発しなければならない。 art-225/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-3 Where a judge finds the request set forth in the preceding paragraph reasonable, said judge must issue a permit. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第百六十八条第二項乃至第四項及び第六項の規定は、前項の許可状についてこれを準用する。 art-225/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-4 The provisions of Article 168, paragraphs (2) to (4) and (6) apply mutatis mutandis to the permit set forth in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-225/par-1: 第二百二十三条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十三条第一項 (Article 223, paragraph (1)), art-223/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-223/par-1 - art-225/par-1: 第百六十八条第一項 → 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-225/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十五条第一項 (Article 225, paragraph (1)), art-225/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-1 - art-225/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十五条第二項 (Article 225, paragraph (2)), art-225/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-2 - art-225/par-4: 第百六十八条第二項乃至第四項 → 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-225/par-4: 第百六十八条第二項乃至第四項 → 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-225/par-4: 第百六十八条第二項乃至第四項 → 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-225/par-4: 第六項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百六十八条第六項 (Article 168, paragraph (6)), art-168/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-168/par-6 - art-225/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十五条第三項 (Article 225, paragraph (3)), art-225/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-225/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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