# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第九十八条の四 (Article 98-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4. 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: 第九十八条の四 (Article 98-4) — address `art-98-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十八条の四 art-98-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4 **第一項** 裁判所は、保釈を許し、又は勾留の執行停止をする場合において、必要と認めるときは、適当と認める者を、その同意を得て監督者として選任することができる。 art-98-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-1 The court may, when granting bail or suspending execution of detention, if it finds it necessary, appoint a person it finds appropriate as a supervisor with that person's consent. machine translation, not official **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の同意を得るに当たつては、あらかじめ、監督者として選任する者に対し、次項及び第四項に規定する監督者の責務並びに第九十八条の八第二項、第九十八条の十一及び第九十八条の十八第三項の規定による監督保証金の没取の制度を理解させるために必要な事項を説明しなければならない。 art-98-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-2 In obtaining the consent under the preceding paragraph, the court must explain in advance to the person to be appointed as a supervisor the matters necessary for understanding the duties of a supervisor prescribed in the following paragraph and paragraph (4) and the system of sequestration of supervision bonds under Article 98-8, paragraph (2), Article 98-11 and Article 98-18, paragraph (3). machine translation, not official **第三項** 監督者は、被告人の逃亡を防止し、及び公判期日への出頭を確保するために必要な監督をするものとする。 art-98-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-3 A supervisor is to provide the supervision necessary to prevent the defendant from fleeing and to secure the defendant's appearance on trial dates. machine translation, not official **第四項** 裁判所は、監督者に対し、次の各号に掲げる事項のいずれか又は全てを命ずるものとする。 art-98-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-4 The court is to order a supervisor to do any or all of the matters set forth in the following items. machine translation, not official **一** 被告人が召喚を受けたときその他この法律又は他の法律の規定により被告人が出頭しなければならないときは、その出頭すべき日時及び場所に、被告人と共に出頭すること。 art-98-4/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-4/item-1 when the defendant is summoned, or otherwise is required to appear pursuant to the provisions of this Code or other laws, to appear together with the defendant at the date, time and place at which the defendant is to appear; machine translation, not official **二** 被告人の住居、労働又は通学の状況、身分関係その他のその変更が被告人が逃亡すると疑うに足りる相当な理由の有無の判断に影響を及ぼす生活上又は身分上の事項として裁判所の定めるものについて、次に掲げるところに従つて報告をすること。 art-98-4/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-4/item-2 to report, in accordance with the following, on matters concerning the defendant's residence, status of employment or school attendance, personal status or other matters of daily life or personal status that the court specifies as ones whose change affects the determination of whether there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the defendant will flee: machine translation, not official **イ** 裁判所の指定する時期に、当該時期における当該事項について報告をすること。 art-98-4/par-4/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-4/item-2/sub-1 to report, at the time designated by the court, on the matter as of that time; machine translation, not official **ロ** 当該事項に変更が生じたときは、速やかに、その変更の内容について報告をすること。 art-98-4/par-4/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-4/item-2/sub-2 when a change occurs in the matter, to report promptly on the content of the change. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-98-4/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の四第一項 (Article 98-4, paragraph (1)), art-98-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-1 - art-98-4/par-2: 次項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の四第三項 (Article 98-4, paragraph (3)), art-98-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-3 - art-98-4/par-2: 第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の四第四項 (Article 98-4, paragraph (4)), art-98-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-4 - art-98-4/par-2: 第九十八条の八第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の八第二項 (Article 98-8, paragraph (2)), art-98-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-8/par-2 - art-98-4/par-2: 第九十八条の十一 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の十一 (Article 98-11), art-98-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-11 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-4/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-5/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の七第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-7/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の八第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-8/par-1/item-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の八第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-8/par-1/item-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第三項（この法律の施行の日の前日までの間の読替え等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-3 --- ## Sources - 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 — 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-20261106T054114-002, 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