# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百九十四条の八 (Article 494-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-8. 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: 第四百九十四条の八 (Article 494-8) — address `art-494-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-8 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四百九十四条の八 art-494-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-8 **第一項** 第三百四十五条の二又は第四百九十四条の三の規定による決定を受けた者を拘置したときは、その法定代理人、保佐人、配偶者、直系の親族及び兄弟姉妹のうちその決定を受けた者の指定する者一人にその旨を通知しなければならない。 art-494-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-8/par-1 When a person who has received a ruling under the provisions of Article 345-2 or Article 494-3 has been confined, notification to that effect must be given to one person specified by the person who received the ruling from among the person's legal representative, curator, spouse, lineal relatives and siblings. machine translation, not official **第二項** 第六十九条、第八十二条から第八十七条まで、第九十二条第二項及び第九十五条の規定並びに第九十六条第一項（第二号及び第六号に係る部分に限る。）、第九十八条及び第九十八条の二の規定（これらの規定のうち勾留の執行停止に関する部分に限る。）は、第四百九十四条の五の規定による拘置について準用する。この場合において、次の表の上欄に掲げる規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。 第六十九条 第五十七条乃至第六十二条、第六十五条、第六十六条及び前条 第四百九十四条の五から第四百九十四条の七まで及び第四百九十四条の十二第一項 第八十二条第一項及び第二項、第八十七条第一項並びに第九十五条第五項 被告人 者 第八十二条第一項、第八十七条第一項、第九十五条第一項、第四項及び第五項並びに第九十六条第一項 裁判所 第四百九十四条の五の規定による拘置をした裁判所 第八十二条第二項及び第八十七条第一項 弁護人、法定代理人 法定代理人 第八十三条第三項 被告人及びその弁護人 拘置されている者 第八十三条第三項ただし書 被告人の その者の 被告人が その者が 被告人に異議がないとき、弁護人の出頭については、被告人に異議がないとき その者に異議がないとき 第八十四条第二項 被告人及び弁護人並びにこれらの 拘置されている者及びその 第九十二条第二項 も、前項と同様である は、検察官の意見を聴かなければならない 第九十五条第一項 被告人を 者を 被告人の 拘置されている者の 第九十五条第六項 被告人 拘置の執行停止をされる者 第九十六条第一項第二号及び第六号 被告人 拘置の執行停止をされている者 第九十八条第一項及び第二項 被告人 拘置の執行停止を取り消された者又は拘置の執行停止の期間が満了した者 第九十八条の二 被告人が 拘置の執行停止を取り消された者が 被告人に その者に art-494-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-8/par-2 The provisions of Article 69, Articles 82 through 87, Article 92, paragraph (2) and Article 95, and the provisions of Article 96, paragraph (1) (limited to the portions pertaining to items (ii) and (vi)), Article 98 and Article 98-2 (limited to the portions of these provisions pertaining to suspension of execution of detention) apply mutatis mutandis to confinement under the provisions of Article 494-5. In this case, the terms listed in the middle column of the following table in the provisions listed in the left-hand column of the same table are deemed to be replaced with the terms listed in the right-hand column of the same table, respectively. Article 69 Articles 57 to 62, Articles 65 and 66 and the preceding Article Articles 494-5 through 494-7 and Article 494-12, paragraph (1) Article 82, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 87, paragraph (1) and Article 95, paragraph (5) defendant person Article 82, paragraph (1), Article 87, paragraph (1), Article 95, paragraphs (1), (4) and (5), and Article 96, paragraph (1) court court that carried out the confinement under the provisions of Article 494-5 Article 82, paragraph (2) and Article 87, paragraph (1) the defense counsel of the defendant, legal representative the legal representative Article 83, paragraph (3) the defendant and the defense counsel of the defendant the person under confinement Article 83, paragraph (3), proviso the defendant's that person's the defendant that person has no objection, or when the defendant has no objection to defense counsel not appearing that person has no objection Article 84, paragraph (2) the defendant or the defense counsel, and other the person under confinement and other Article 92, paragraph (2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply the court must hear the opinion of the public prosecutor Article 95, paragraph (1) the defendant the person of the defendant of the person under confinement Article 95, paragraph (6) defendant person to be placed under suspension of execution of confinement Article 96, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (vi) defendant person placed under suspension of execution of confinement Article 98, paragraphs (1) and (2) defendant person whose suspension of execution of confinement has been rescinded or person for whom the period of suspension of execution of confinement has expired Article 98-2 the defendant a person whose suspension of execution of confinement has been rescinded the defendant that person machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-494-8/par-1: 第三百四十五条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十五条の二 (Article 345-2), art-345-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-345-2 - art-494-8/par-1: 第四百九十四条の三 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の三 (Article 494-3), art-494-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-3 - art-494-8/par-2: 第六十九条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十九条 (Article 69), art-69 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-69 - art-494-8/par-2: 第八十二条から第八十七条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82 - art-494-8/par-2: 第八十二条から第八十七条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第八十三条 (Article 83), art-83 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-83 - art-494-8/par-2: 第八十二条から第八十七条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第八十四条 (Article 84), art-84 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-84 - art-494-8/par-2: 第八十二条から第八十七条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第八十五条 (Article 85), art-85 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-85 - art-494-8/par-2: 第八十二条から第八十七条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第八十六条 (Article 86), art-86 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-86 - art-494-8/par-2: 第八十二条から第八十七条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第八十七条 (Article 87), art-87 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-87 - art-494-8/par-2: 第九十二条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十二条第二項 (Article 92, paragraph (2)), art-92/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-92/par-2 - art-494-8/par-2: 第九十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十五条 (Article 95), art-95 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-95 - art-494-8/par-2: 第九十六条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1 - art-494-8/par-2: 第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第一項第二号 (Article 96, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-96/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1/item-2 - art-494-8/par-2: 第六号 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第一項第六号 (Article 96, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-96/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1/item-6 - art-494-8/par-2: 第九十八条 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条 (Article 98), art-98 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98 - art-494-8/par-2: 第九十八条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の二 (Article 98-2), art-98-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-2 - art-494-8/par-2: 第四百九十四条の五 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の五 (Article 494-5), art-494-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-5 - art-494-8/par-2: 第五十七条乃至第六十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十七条 (Article 57), art-57 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-57 - art-494-8/par-2: 第五十七条乃至第六十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十八条 (Article 58), art-58 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-58 - art-494-8/par-2: 第五十七条乃至第六十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十九条 (Article 59), art-59 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-59 - art-494-8/par-2: 第五十七条乃至第六十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十条 (Article 60), art-60 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60 - art-494-8/par-2: 第五十七条乃至第六十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-61 - art-494-8/par-2: 第五十七条乃至第六十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-62 - art-494-8/par-2: 第六十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-65 - art-494-8/par-2: 第六十六条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十六条 (Article 66), art-66 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-66 - art-494-8/par-2: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十八条 (Article 68), art-68 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-68 - art-494-8/par-2: 第四百九十四条の五から第四百九十四条の七まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の六 (Article 494-6), art-494-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-6 - art-494-8/par-2: 第四百九十四条の五から第四百九十四条の七まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の七 (Article 494-7), art-494-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-7 - art-494-8/par-2: 第四百九十四条の十二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の十二第一項 (Article 494-12, paragraph (1)), art-494-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-12/par-1 - art-494-8/par-2: 第八十二条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十二条第一項 (Article 82, paragraph (1)), art-82/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-1 - art-494-8/par-2: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-2 - art-494-8/par-2: 第八十七条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十七条第一項 (Article 87, paragraph (1)), art-87/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-87/par-1 - art-494-8/par-2: 第九十五条第五項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十五条第五項 (Article 95, paragraph (5)), art-95/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-95/par-5 - art-494-8/par-2: 第九十五条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十五条第一項 (Article 95, paragraph (1)), art-95/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-95/par-1 - art-494-8/par-2: 第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十五条第四項 (Article 95, paragraph (4)), art-95/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-95/par-4 - art-494-8/par-2: 第八十三条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十三条第三項 (Article 83, paragraph (3)), art-83/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-83/par-3 - art-494-8/par-2: 第八十四条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十四条第二項 (Article 84, paragraph (2)), art-84/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-84/par-2 - art-494-8/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-92/par-1 - art-494-8/par-2: 第九十五条第六項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十五条第六項 (Article 95, paragraph (6)), art-95/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-95/par-6 - art-494-8/par-2: 第九十八条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条第一項 (Article 98, paragraph (1)), art-98/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98/par-1 - art-494-8/par-2: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条第二項 (Article 98, paragraph (2)), art-98/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. 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