# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二十六条 (Article 26)

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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: 第二十六条 (Article 26) — address `art-26`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第二十六条
<sup>art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-26</sup>

  **第一項**  この章の規定は、第二十条第七号の規定を除いて、裁判所書記にこれを準用する。
  <sup>art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-26/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of this chapter apply mutatis mutandis to court clerks except for the provisions of Article 20, item (vii).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  決定は、裁判所書記所属の裁判所がこれをしなければならない。但し、第二十四条第一項の場合には、裁判所書記の附属する受命裁判官が、忌避の申立を却下する裁判をすることができる。
  <sup>art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-26/par-2</sup>
  The court to which the court clerk is assigned must make the ruling; provided, however, that in cases prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (1), the commissioned judge to whom the court clerk is assigned may make the ruling to dismiss the recusal.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-26/par-1: 第二十条第七号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二十条第一項第七号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-20/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-20/par-1/item-7
- art-26/par-2: 第二十四条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-24/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