# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第五十八条 (Article 58)

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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: 第五十八条 (Article 58) — address `art-58`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第五十八条
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-58</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判所は、次の場合には、被告人を勾引することができる。
  <sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-58/par-1</sup>
  The court may subpoena the defendant when:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court may subpoena the accused when:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

    **一**  被告人が定まつた住居を有しないとき。
    <sup>art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-58/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the defendant has no fixed residence;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the accused has no fixed residence;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

    **二**  被告人が、正当な理由がなく、召喚に応じないとき、又は応じないおそれがあるとき。
    <sup>art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-58/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the defendant, without a justifiable reason, disobeys the summons, or poses a risk of disobeying said summons.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the accused, without a justifiable reason, disobeys the summons, or poses a risk of disobeying said summons." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 刑事訴訟法 第六十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-69/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-8/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の十二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-12/par-3

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## 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 58, 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 58, paragraph (1), item (i) — 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 58, paragraph (1), item (ii) — 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