# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三十八条 (Article 38) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-38. 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38) — address `art-38` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-38 - 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. --- ### 第三十八条 art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-38 **第一項** この法律の規定に基づいて裁判所若しくは裁判長又は裁判官が付すべき弁護人は、弁護士の中からこれを選任しなければならない。 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-38/par-1 The defense counsel to be appointed by the court, the presiding judge or a judge based on the provisions of this Code must be appointed from among attorneys. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により選任された弁護人は、旅費、日当、宿泊料及び報酬を請求することができる。 art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-38/par-2 The defense counsel who is appointed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is entitled to travel expenses, a daily allowance, accommodation fees and remuneration. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-38/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-38/par-2 - 少年法 第三十条第四項（証人等の費用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-30/par-4 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000168) --- ## 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