# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第八十九条 (Article 89) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89. 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: 第八十九条 (Article 89) — address `art-89` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八十九条 art-89 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89 **第一項** 保釈の請求があつたときは、次の場合を除いては、これを許さなければならない。 art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1 The request for bail must be granted, except when: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 被告人が死刑又は無期若しくは短期一年以上の拘禁刑に当たる罪を犯したものであるとき。 art-89/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1/item-1 the defendant has allegedly committed a crime which is punishable by the death penalty, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment whose minimum term is one year or more; machine translation, not official **二** 被告人が前に死刑又は無期若しくは長期十年を超える拘禁刑に当たる罪につき有罪の宣告を受けたことがあるとき。 art-89/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1/item-2 the defendant was previously found guilty of a crime punishable by the death penalty, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment whose maximum term exceeds ten years; machine translation, not official **三** 被告人が常習として長期三年以上の拘禁刑に当たる罪を犯したものであるとき。 art-89/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1/item-3 the defendant allegedly habitually committed a crime punishable by imprisonment whose maximum term was three years or more; machine translation, not official **四** 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-89/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1/item-4 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 **五** 被告人が、被害者その他事件の審判に必要な知識を有すると認められる者若しくはその親族の身体若しくは財産に害を加え又はこれらの者を畏怖させる行為をすると疑うに足りる相当な理由があるとき。 art-89/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1/item-5 there is probable cause to suspect that the defendant may harm the body or property of the victim or any other person who is deemed to have knowledge essential to the trial of the case or the relatives of such persons or may threaten them; 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 harm the body or property of the victim or any other person who is deemed to have knowledge essential to the trial of the case or the relatives of such persons or may threaten them;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **六** 被告人の氏名又は住居が分からないとき。 art-89/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-89/par-1/item-6 the name or residence of the defendant is unknown. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the name or residence of the accused is unknown." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第六十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-60/par-2 - 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 --- ## 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 89, paragraph (1), item (iv) — 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 89, paragraph (1), item (v) — 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 89, paragraph (1), item (vi) — 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-001, translated 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