# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第七十三条 (Article 73) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-73. 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: 第七十三条 (Article 73) — address `art-73` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-73 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十三条 art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-73 **第一項** 勾引状を執行するには、これを被告人に示した上、できる限り速やかに且つ直接、指定された裁判所その他の場所に引致しなければならない。第六十六条第四項の勾引状については、これを発した裁判官に引致しなければならない。 art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-73/par-1 In the execution of a subpoena, said subpoena must be shown to the defendant, and the defendant must be brought to the designated court or the designated place directly and as promptly as possible. With regard to execution of the subpoena prescribed in Article 66, paragraph (4), the defendant must be brought to the judge who issued it. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the execution of a subpoena, said subpoena must be shown to the accused, and the accused must be brought to the designated court or the designated place directly and as promptly as possible. With regard to execution of the subpoena prescribed in Article 66, paragraph (4), the accused must be brought to the judge who issued it." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 勾留状を執行するには、これを被告人に示した上、できる限り速やかに、かつ、直接、指定された刑事施設に引致しなければならない。 art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-73/par-2 In the execution of a detention warrant, said warrant must be shown to the defendant, and the defendant must be brought to the designated penal institution directly and as promptly as possible. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the execution of a detention warrant, said warrant must be shown to the accused, and the accused must be brought to the designated penal institution directly and as promptly as possible." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 勾引状又は勾留状を所持しないためこれを示すことができない場合において、急速を要するときは、前二項の規定にかかわらず、被告人に対し公訴事実の要旨及び令状が発せられている旨を告げて、その執行をすることができる。但し、令状は、できる限り速やかにこれを示さなければならない。 art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-73/par-3 When the subpoena or detention warrant cannot be shown to the defendant because it is not in the executing officer's possession, and when in cases requiring urgency, the warrant may, notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, be executed after giving an outline of the facts of the charges to the defendant and informing the defendant that the warrant has been issued; provided however, that the warrant must be shown to the defendant as promptly as possible. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the subpoena or detention warrant cannot be shown to the accused because it is not in the executing officer's possession, and when in cases requiring urgency, the warrant may, notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, be executed after giving an outline of the facts of the charges to the accused and informing the accused that the warrant has been issued; provided however, that the warrant must be shown to the accused as promptly as possible." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb --- ## Cites - art-73/par-1: 第六十六条第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第六十六条第四項 (Article 66, paragraph (4)), art-66/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-66/par-4 - art-73/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十三条第一項 (Article 73, paragraph (1)), art-73/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-73/par-1 - art-73/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十三条第二項 (Article 73, paragraph (2)), art-73/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-73/par-2 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第七十三条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-73/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 第二百一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-201/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百一条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-201-2/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-8/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百七十一条の八第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-271-8/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の七第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-7/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 --- ## 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 73, 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 73, 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 73, 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