Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan

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Act of the National Diet of Japan Japanese statute criminal procedure code

The Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan is the primary statute that governs how criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, and appeals are conducted within the Japanese legal system.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Code of Criminal Procedure (Japan)	1
Japanese Code of Criminal Procedure	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of the National Diet of Japan ⓘ Japanese statute ⓘ criminal procedure code ⓘ
aimsTo	clarify powers and duties of criminal justice authorities in Japan ⓘ ensure due process in criminal proceedings in Japan ⓘ ensure fair and speedy criminal trials in Japan ⓘ protect human rights of suspects and defendants in Japan ⓘ
appliesTo	criminal courts in Japan ⓘ criminal defendants in Japan ⓘ police investigations in Japan ⓘ public prosecutors in Japan ⓘ
basedOn	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
bindingOn	all criminal courts in Japan ⓘ all public prosecutors in Japan ⓘ investigative authorities in Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
defines	powers of judges in criminal proceedings in Japan ⓘ powers of public prosecutors in Japan ⓘ procedures for compulsory measures in Japan ⓘ procedures for evidence examination in Japan ⓘ procedures for judgment and sentencing in Japan ⓘ procedures for oral arguments in criminal trials in Japan ⓘ rights of accused persons in Japan ⓘ rights of suspects in criminal cases in Japan ⓘ rules for detention and bail in Japan ⓘ
enforcedBy	Judiciary of Japan ⓘ surface form: courts of Japan public prosecutors offices of Japan ⓘ
governs	appeal and retrial procedures in Japan ⓘ criminal appeals in Japan ⓘ criminal investigations in Japan ⓘ criminal prosecutions in Japan ⓘ criminal trials in Japan ⓘ interrogation procedures in Japan ⓘ pretrial detention procedures in Japan ⓘ private prosecution procedures in Japan ⓘ public prosecution procedures in Japan ⓘ rules of evidence in Japanese criminal cases ⓘ search and seizure procedures in Japan ⓘ summary criminal procedures in Japan ⓘ warrant issuance procedures in Japan ⓘ
jurisdiction	territory of Japan ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
legalSystem	Japanese legal system ⓘ
relatedTo	Constitution of Japan ⓘ Court Act of Japan ⓘ Penal Code of Japan ⓘ
subjectMatter	criminal justice ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office → appliesLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Code of Criminal Procedure (Japan)

Nagoya District Public Prosecutors Office → follows → Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ

Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office → governedBy → Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ

Fukuoka District Public Prosecutors Office → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ

Tokyo District Court → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ

Tokyo High Court → governingLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ

Public Prosecutors Office of Japan → legalBasis → Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ

district courts of Japan → procedureLaw → Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ

Public Prosecutors Office Act of Japan → relatedTo → Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ

Sapporo District Court → usesProcedure → Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Code of Criminal Procedure