# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第六十条 (Article 60) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60. 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: 第六十条 (Article 60) — address `art-60` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十条 art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60 **第一項** 裁判所は、被告人が罪を犯したことを疑うに足りる相当な理由がある場合で、左の各号の一にあたるときは、これを勾留することができる。 art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60/par-1 The court may detain the defendant when there is probable cause to suspect that the defendant has committed a crime and when: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court may detain the accused when there is probable cause to suspect that the accused has committed a crime and when:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **一** 被告人が定まつた住居を有しないとき。 art-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60/par-1/item-1 the defendant has no fixed residence; 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 **二** 被告人が罪証を隠滅すると疑うに足りる相当な理由があるとき。 art-60/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60/par-1/item-2 there is probable cause to suspect that the defendant may conceal or destroy evidence; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "there is probable cause to suspect that the accused may conceal or destroy evidence;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **三** 被告人が逃亡し又は逃亡すると疑うに足りる相当な理由があるとき。 art-60/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60/par-1/item-3 the defendant has fled or there is probable cause to suspect that the defendant may flee. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the accused has fled or there is probable cause to suspect that the accused may flee." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 勾留の期間は、公訴の提起があつた日から二箇月とする。特に継続の必要がある場合においては、具体的にその理由を附した決定で、一箇月ごとにこれを更新することができる。但し、第八十九条第一号、第三号、第四号又は第六号にあたる場合を除いては、更新は、一回に限るものとする。 art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60/par-2 The period of detention is two months from the date of institution of prosecution. When it is especially necessary to continue the detention, the period may be extended for additional one-month periods by a ruling with a specific reason; provided however, that the extension is only allowed once, except in the cases falling under Article 89, item (i), (iii), (iv) or (vi). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The period of detention is two months from the date of institution of prosecution. When it is especially necessary to continue the detention, the period may be extended for additional one-month periods by a ruling with a specific reason,; provided however, that the extension is only allowed once, except as otherwise prescribed in Article 89, item (i), (iii), (iv) or (vi)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 三十万円（刑法、暴力行為等処罰に関する法律（大正十五年法律第六十号）及び経済関係罰則の整備に関する法律（昭和十九年法律第四号）の罪以外の罪については、当分の間、二万円）以下の罰金、拘留又は科料に当たる事件については、被告人が定まつた住居を有しない場合に限り、第一項の規定を適用する。 art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60/par-3 With regard to cases which are punished with a fine of not more than 300,000 yen (with regard to crimes other than those under the Penal Code, the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others (Act No. 60 of 1926), and the Act on Penal Provisions related to Economic Activities (Act No. 4 of 1944), 20,000 yen for the time being), penal detention or a petty fine, the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article apply only when the defendant has no fixed residence. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to cases which are punished with a fine of not more than 300,000 yen (with regard to crimes other than those under the Penal Code, the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others (Act No. 60 of 1925), and the Act on Penal Provisions related to Economic Activities (Act No. 4 of 1944), 20,000 yen for the time being), penal detention or a petty fine, the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article apply only when the accused has no fixed residence." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-60/par-2: 第八十九条第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十九条第一項第一号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-89/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1/item-1 - art-60/par-2: 第三号 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十九条第一項第三号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-89/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1/item-3 - art-60/par-2: 第四号 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十九条第一項第四号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-89/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1/item-4 - art-60/par-2: 第六号 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十九条第一項第六号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-89/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1/item-6 - art-60/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第六十条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60/par-3 - 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 第三百四十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-344/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 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第四項（逮捕及び勾留に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-4031-31/par-4 --- ## 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 60, 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 60, 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 60, 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 60, paragraph (1), item (iii) — 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 60, paragraph (2) — 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 60, paragraph (3) — 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