# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五百十一条 (Article 511) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511. 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: 第五百十一条 (Article 511) — address `art-511` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百十一条 art-511 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511 **第一項** 裁判所又は裁判官は、裁判の執行に関して必要があると認めるときは、令状を発して、差押え、捜索又は検証をすることができる。この場合において、身体の検査は、身体検査令状によらなければならない。 art-511/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511/par-1 A court or a judge may, when it finds it necessary with regard to the execution of a decision, issue a warrant and conduct a seizure, search or inspection. In this case, the inspection and examination of a person must be conducted upon a warrant for an inspection and examination of a person. machine translation, not official **第二項** 差し押さえるべき物が電子計算機であるときは、当該電子計算機に電気通信回線で接続している記録媒体であつて、当該電子計算機で作成若しくは変更をした電磁的記録又は当該電子計算機で変更若しくは消去をすることができることとされている電磁的記録を保管するために使用されていると認めるに足りる状況にあるものから、その電磁的記録を当該電子計算機又は他の記録媒体に複写した上、当該電子計算機又は当該他の記録媒体を差し押さえることができる。 art-511/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511/par-2 If the article to be seized is a computer, and with regard to a recording medium connected via telecommunication lines to such computer, it may be reasonably supposed that such recording medium was used to retain electronic or magnetic records which have been made or altered using such computer, or electronic or magnetic records which can be altered or erased using such computer, the computer or other recording medium may be seized after such electronic or magnetic records have been copied onto such computer or other recording medium. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前条の規定は、第一項の令状について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「裁判官」とあるのは「裁判長又は裁判官」と、同条第二項中「前条第二項」とあるのは「次条第二項」と読み替えるものとする。 art-511/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511/par-3 The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the warrant under paragraph (1). In this case, the phrase "the judge" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the presiding judge or the judge", and the phrase "paragraph (2) of the preceding Article" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (2) of the following Article". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-511/par-3: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十条 (Article 510), art-510 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510 - art-511/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十一条第一項 (Article 511, paragraph (1)), art-511/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511/par-1 - art-511/par-3: 同条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十条第一項 (Article 510, paragraph (1)), art-510/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510/par-1 - art-511/par-3: 同条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十条第二項 (Article 510, paragraph (2)), art-510/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-510/par-2 - art-511/par-3: 前条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百九条第二項 (Article 509, paragraph (2)), art-509/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-509/par-2 - art-511/par-3: 次条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第五百十一条第二項 (Article 511, paragraph (2)), art-511/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-511/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-7 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第八項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-8 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第九項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-9 - 民事訴訟法 第百八十九条第三項（過料の裁判の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-189/par-3 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109) --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-017, translated 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