# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二十九条 (Article 29) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-29. 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: 第二十九条 (Article 29) — address `art-29` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-29 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十九条 art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-29 **第一項** 前二条の規定により被告人を代表し、又は代理する者がないときは、検察官の請求により又は職権で、特別代理人を選任しなければならない。 art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-29/par-1 When, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles, there is no one to represent the defendant, the court must, upon the request of a public prosecutor or ex officio, appoint a special representative. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles, there is no one to represent the accused, the court must, upon the request of a public prosecutor or ex officio, appoint a special representative." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 前二条の規定により被疑者を代表し、又は代理する者がない場合において、検察官、司法警察員又は利害関係人の請求があつたときも、前項と同様である。 art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-29/par-2 When, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles, there is no one to represent the suspect, the court must, upon the request of a public prosecutor, judicial police officer or an interested party, appoint a special representative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特別代理人は、被告人又は被疑者を代表し又は代理して訴訟行為をする者ができるまで、その任務を行う。 art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-29/par-3 The special representative carries out the relevant duties until another person is able to represent the defendant or the suspect with regard to procedural actions. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The special representative carries out the relevant duties until another person is able to represent the accused or the suspect with regard to procedural actions." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-29/par-1: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-27 - art-29/par-1: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-28 - art-29/par-2: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-27 - art-29/par-2: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-28 - art-29/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-29/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第二十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-29/par-2 --- ## 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 29, paragraph (1) — 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 29, paragraph (3) — 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