# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第六十七条 (Article 67) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-67. 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: 第六十七条 (Article 67) — address `art-67` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-67 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十七条 art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-67 **第一項** 前条の場合には、嘱託によつて勾引状を発した裁判官は、被告人を引致した時から二十四時間以内にその人違でないかどうかを取り調べなければならない。 art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-67/par-1 In the case of the preceding Article, the judge who has issued a subpoena through delegation must examine the identity of the defendant within twenty-four hours from the time the defendant is brought before said judge. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case of the preceding Article, the judge who has issued a subpoena through delegation must examine the identity of the accused within twenty-four hours from the time the accused is brought before said judge." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 被告人が人違でないときは、速やかに且つ直接これを指定された裁判所に送致しなければならない。この場合には、嘱託によつて勾引状を発した裁判官は、被告人が指定された裁判所に到着すべき期間を定めなければならない。 art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-67/par-2 When the identity of the defendant is confirmed, the judge must promptly and directly refer said defendant to the designated court. In this case, the judge who issued the subpoena through delegation must determine a time period within which the defendant is to arrive at the designated court. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the identity of the accused is confirmed, the judge must promptly and directly refer said accused to the designated court. In this case, the judge who issued the subpoena through delegation must determine a time period within which the accused is to arrive at the designated court." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 前項の場合には、第五十九条の期間は、被告人が指定された裁判所に到着した時からこれを起算する。 art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-67/par-3 In the case of the preceding paragraph, calculation of the time period prescribed in Article 59 begins from the time when the defendant arrives at the designated court. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case of the preceding paragraph, calculation of the time period prescribed in Article 59 begins from the time when the accused arrives at the designated court." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-67/par-1: 前条 → 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-67/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十七条第二項 (Article 67, paragraph (2)), art-67/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-67/par-2 - art-67/par-3: 第五十九条 → 刑事訴訟法 第五十九条 (Article 59), art-59 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-59 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第六十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-67/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第百三十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-136/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第百五十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-153/par-1 - 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 --- ## 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 67, 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 67, 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 67, 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