# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第九十九条 (Article 99) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-99. 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: 第九十九条 (Article 99) — address `art-99` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-99 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十九条 art-99 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-99 **第一項** 裁判所は、必要があるときは、証拠物又は没収すべき物と思料するものを差し押えることができる。ただし、特別の定めのある場合は、この限りでない。 art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-99/par-1 The court may, when it is necessary, seize articles of evidence or articles which it is considered should be confiscated; provided however, that this does not apply when so provided otherwise. machine translation, not official **第二項** 差し押さえるべき物が電子計算機であるときは、当該電子計算機に電気通信回線で接続している記録媒体であつて、当該電子計算機で作成若しくは変更をした電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であつて、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。以下同じ。）又は当該電子計算機で変更若しくは消去をすることができることとされている電磁的記録を保管するために使用されていると認めるに足りる状況にあるものから、その電磁的記録を当該電子計算機又は他の記録媒体に複写した上、当該電子計算機又は当該他の記録媒体を差し押さえることができる。 art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-99/par-2 If the article to be seized is a computer, and with regard to a recording medium connected via telecommunication lines to such computer, it may be reasonably supposed that such recording medium was used to retain electronic or magnetic records which have been made or altered using such computer (meaning records created in an electronic, magnetic or other form not recognizable by human perception and used for information processing by a computer; the same applies hereinafter), or electronic or magnetic records which can be altered or erased using such computer, the computer or other recording medium may be seized after such electronic or magnetic records have been copied onto such computer or other recording medium. machine translation, not official **第三項** 裁判所は、差し押えるべき物を指定し、所有者、所持者又は保管者にその物の提出を命ずることができる。 art-99/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-99/par-3 The court may specify the articles to be seized and order the owner, possessor or custodian to submit them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-107/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第二百二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-222/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第五百十三条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-513/par-7 - 性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律 第十三条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-13/par-1/item-1 (e-Gov law ID 505AC0000000067) - 性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律 第十三条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-13/par-1/item-2 (e-Gov law ID 505AC0000000067) - 性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律 第十三条第二項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-13/par-2/item-1 (e-Gov law ID 505AC0000000067) - 性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律 第十三条第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-13/par-2/item-2 (e-Gov law ID 505AC0000000067) --- ## 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-20261106T054114-003, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-003, 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