# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第八十二条 (Article 82)

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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: 第八十二条 (Article 82) — address `art-82`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第八十二条
<sup>art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82</sup>

  **第一項**  勾留されている被告人は、裁判所に勾留の理由の開示を請求することができる。
  <sup>art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-1</sup>
  The defendant under detention may request the court to disclose the grounds for detention.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The accused under detention may request the court to disclose the grounds for detention." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  勾留されている被告人の弁護人、法定代理人、保佐人、配偶者、直系の親族、兄弟姉妹その他利害関係人も、前項の請求をすることができる。
  <sup>art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-2</sup>
  The defense counsel, legal representative, curator, spouse, lineal relative, sibling or other interested party of the defendant under detention may also request the disclosure prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The defense counsel, legal representative, curator, spouse, lineal relative, sibling or other interested party of the accused under detention may also request the disclosure prescribed in the preceding paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

  **第三項**  前二項の請求は、保釈、勾留の執行停止若しくは勾留の取消があつたとき、又は勾留状の効力が消滅したときは、その効力を失う。
  <sup>art-82/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-3</sup>
  The requests prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs lose their effect when bail is granted or execution of detention is suspended or rescinded or when the detention warrant becomes ineffective.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-82/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十二条第一項 (Article 82, paragraph (1)), art-82/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-1
- art-82/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十二条第一項 (Article 82, paragraph (1)), art-82/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-1
- art-82/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 刑事訴訟法 第八十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第八十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-82/par-3
- 刑事訴訟法 第八十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-86/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第八十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-87/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第八十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-88/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第九十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-91/par-2
- 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

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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 82, 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 82, 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 — 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
