# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五百十四条 (Article 514)

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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: 第五百十四条 (Article 514) — address `art-514`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第五百十四条
<sup>art-514 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-514</sup>

  **第一項**  検察官又は裁判所若しくは裁判官は、裁判の執行に関して必要があると認めるときは、裁判の執行を受ける者その他の者の出頭を求め、質問をし、又は裁判の執行を受ける者以外の者に鑑定、通訳若しくは翻訳を嘱託することができる。
  <sup>art-514/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-514/par-1</sup>
  The public prosecutor or a court or a judge may, when it finds it necessary with regard to the execution of a decision, request the person subject to the execution of a decision or any other person to appear and question that person, or request a person other than the person subject to the execution of a decision to conduct an expert examination, interpretation or translation.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第五百十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-515/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第五百十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-516/par-1
- 家事事件手続法 第二百九十一条第二項（過料の裁判の執行等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-291/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 423AC0000000052)
- 少年法 第三十一条第二項（費用の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000168)
- 民事調停法 第三十六条第二項（過料についての決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-mediation-act/art-36/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 326AC1000000222)

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-018, 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