# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第七十九条 (Article 79)

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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: 第七十九条 (Article 79) — address `art-79`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第七十九条
<sup>art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-79</sup>

  **第一項**  被告人を勾留したときは、直ちに弁護人にその旨を通知しなければならない。被告人に弁護人がないときは、被告人の法定代理人、保佐人、配偶者、直系の親族及び兄弟姉妹のうち被告人の指定する者一人にその旨を通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-79/par-1</sup>
  If the defendant has been detained, the defense counsel must be notified immediately. When no defense counsel has been appointed for the defendant, notification must be given to the person who has been specified by the defendant from among the legal representative, curator, spouse, lineal relatives and siblings of the defendant.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the accused has been detained, the defense counsel must be notified immediately. When no defense counsel has been appointed for the accused, notification must be given to the person who has been specified by the accused from among the legal representative, curator, spouse, lineal relatives and siblings of the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

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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 79, 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 — 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