(Measures to be taken by the Minister of Justice)

Article 4
(3) The Minister of Justice may conduct an inquiry on the whereabouts of the fugitive and other necessary matters, when he/she deems it necessary to give the order provided for in paragraph (1) or to take any other measures relating to the extradition.

(Detention of the fugitive)

Article 5

(1) Upon receiving the order from the Minister of Justice provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 4, the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall, except when the fugitive is being detained under a provisional detention permit or when the detention of the fugitive under a provisional detention permit has been suspended, have a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office detain the fugitive under a detention permit which has been issued in advance by a judge of the Tokyo High Court; Provided that this provision shall not apply when the fugitive has a fixed residence and the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office finds that there is no risk of the fugitive fleeing.

(2) The detention permit provided for in paragraph (1) above may be issued upon a request by a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office.

(3) The detention permit shall contain the full name of the fugitive, the name of the requested offense, the requesting country, the valid period of the permit, a statement to the effect that there shall be no detention after the valid period has expired and that in such case the detention permit shall be returned and the date of issue, and the permit shall bear the name and seal of the issuing judge.

Article 6

(1) A public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office may have a public prosecutor's assistant officer, police officer or a coast guard officer or coast guard assistant officer of the Japan Coast Guard (hereinafter referred to as "public prosecutor's assistant officer et al.") hold the fugitive in custody under the detention permit provided for in Article 5.

(2) When a fugitive is held in custody upon a detention permit, the permit shall be shown to the fugitive.

(3) When a public prosecutor's assistant officer, et al. takes a fugitive into custody under a detention permit, the fugitive shall be brought to a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office as promptly as is practicable.

(4) The provisions of Article 71, paragraph (3) of Article 73, Article 74 and Article 126 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) shall apply mutatis mutandis to custody under a detention permit.

Article 7

(1) When a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office takes a fugitive into custody upon a detention permit, or has received a fugitive held in custody upon a detention permit, the public prosecutor shall immediately examine the fugitive's identity.

(2) When the identity of the fugitive has been confirmed, The public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, shall immediately notify the fugitive of the grounds for detention, designate the penal institution in which the fugitive is to be detained, and shall promptly and directly refer the fugitive to that penal institution. In such case the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 6 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(Application for Examination)

Article 8

(1) A public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall, when the order by the Minister of Justice provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 4 has been made, except when the whereabouts of the fugitive is unknown, promptly apply to the Tokyo High Court for an examination on whether the case is extraditable. This application for examination shall be made within twenty-four hours of the public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office taking the fugitive into custody under a detention permit or receiving the fugitive who was taken into custody under a detention permit.

(2) The application provided for in paragraph (1) above shall be made in writing, accompanied by the related documents.

(3) When a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office makes the application provided for in paragraph (1) above, the public prosecutor shall send a certified copy of the written application set forth in paragraph (2) above to the fugitive.

(Suspension of detention)

Article 22

(1) A public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office may, when he/she finds it to be necessary, suspend detention of the fugitive under the detention permit by entrusting the fugitive to his/her relative or some other person, or otherwise restrict the residence of the fugitive.

(2) A public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office may, at any time the prosecutor finds it to be necessary, revoke the suspension of detention. When the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office receives a notice of surrender from the Minister of Justice as provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 17, the public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall revoke the suspension of detention.

(3) a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office may have a public prosecutor's assistant et al. take the fugitive into custody when the detention is suspended as provided for in paragraph (2) above.

(4) Custody as provided for in paragraph (3) above shall be carried out by showing a certified copy of the detention permit and a written statement prepared by a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office stating that the suspension of detention has been revoked to the fugitive and bringing the fugitive to the penal institution where the fugitive is to be detained.

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (4) above, when the executing official does not possess the documents provided for in paragraph (4) above and thus is unable to show them to the fugitive, the executing official may, in an urgent case, tell the fugitive that the suspension of detention has been revoked and bring the fugitive to the penal institution where the fugitive is to be detained; provided, however, that the documents shall be shown to the fugitive as promptly as possible.

(6) The Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall, When the suspension of detention has been revoked as provided for in the second sentence of paragraph (2) above and the fugitive has been taken to the penal institution in which the fugitive is to be detained, promptly report to the Minister of Justice thereof and the date on which the fugitive was taken into custody.

(7) The suspended detention shall lose its effect under any of the following circumstances.

(i) When a certified copy of the decision of the court as provided for in item (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1) of Article 10 has been delivered to the fugitive
(ii) When the notification provided for in paragraph (2) of Article 11 was given to the fugitive.
(iii) When the fugitive has been notified by the Minister of Justice as provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 14 that the Minister finds it inappropriate to extradite the fugitive.

(Request concerning provisional detention, etc)

Article 23

(1) the Minister of Foreign Affairs shall, when he/she receives a request pursuant to an extradition treaty from a contracting country for the provisional detention of an offender whose extradition may be requested to Japan under the treaty for an offense (limited to those offences for which the contracting country may request the offender's extradition to Japan under the treaty), forward a certificate of the request for provisional detention and the related documents to the Minister of Justice, except for any case that falls under any of the following items.

(i) When there is no notification either that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the person concerned or that a sentence has been imposed on that person.
(ii) When there is no assurance that a request for the extradition of the person concerned will be made.

(2) When a request for the provisional detention of an offender was not based on an extradition treaty, paragraph (1) above shall apply only if the requesting country has assured that it would honor a request of the same kind made by Japan.

(Measures concerning provisional detention)

Article 24

The Minister of Justice shall, when he/she receives the documents provided for in Article 23 and finds it appropriate to provisionally detain the offender concerned, order the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office to provisionally detain the offender concerned.

Article 25

(1) The Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall, upon receiving the order from the Minister of Justice provided for in Article 24, have a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office detain the offender concerned under a provisional detention permit which is to be issued in advance by a judge of the Tokyo High Court.

(2) The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 5, Article 6 and Article 7 shall apply mutatis mutandis to detention under a provisional detention permit.

Article 26

(1) the Minister of Justice shall, when he/she receives documents regarding the extradition of an offender who is being detained under a provisional detention permit as provided for in Article 3 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but does not issue the order provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 4 because the case falls under one of the items contained in that paragraph, notify the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office and the offender concerned thereof and order the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office to release the offender concerned.

(2) The public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall, upon receipt of the order for release as provided for in paragraph (1) above, immediately release the offender concerned.

Article 27

(1) the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall, when he/she receives an order from the Minister of Justice as provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 4 concerning an offender for whom a provisional detention permit has been issued, immediately have a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office notify the offender concerned that the extradition request has been made.

(2) The notification provided for in paragraph (1) above shall be carried out by notifying the warden of the penal institution if the offender concerned is being detained under a provisional detention permit, or by forwarding a written notification to the offender concerned if the offender is not being detained.

(3) When the notification provided for in paragraph (1) above has been made to an offender who is being detained under a provisional detention permit, such detention shall be deemed to be detention under a detention permit; and for the purposes of applying paragraph (1) of Article 8, it shall be deemed that a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office took the fugitive into custody under a detention permit at the time of this notification.

Article 28

(1) the Minister of Foreign Affairs shall, when notified by the foreign state which requested provisional detention that it will not request the extradition of the offender concerned, after having already forwarded the documents as provided for in Article 23, immediately notify the Minister of Justice thereof.

(2) the Minister of Justice shall, when notified as provided for in paragraph (1) above, immediately notify the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office and the offender concerned thereof, and order the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office to release the offender concerned.

(3) The public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall, when ordered to execute the release provided for in paragraph (2), immediately release the offender concerned.

Article 29

The warden of a penal institution shall, when he/she does not receive the notification provided for in paragraph (2) of Article 27 with respect to an offender who is being detained under a provisional detention permit, within two months from the day on which the offender was taken into custody (or within a period of less than two months if the extradition treaty provides otherwise), release the offender concerned and report thereof to the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office.

Article 30

(1) The provisions of paragraphs (1) to (5) of Article 22 shall apply mutatis mutandis to detention under a provisional detention permit.

(2) In the case of a detention under a provisional detention permit which is suspended as provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 22 and has been applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (1) above, when the offender concerned is notified as provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 27, the suspension of detention under the provisional detention permit shall be deemed to be the suspension of detention provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 22.

(3) In the case of a detention under a provisional detention permit which is suspended as provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 22 and has been applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (1) above, the suspended detention under a provisional detention permit shall lose its effect in any of the following circumstances.

(i) When the notification provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 26, or in paragraph (2) of Article 28 has been made to the offender concerned.
(ii) When the offender concerned was not notified as provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 27 within two months from the day on which the offender concerned was taken into custody (or within a period of less than two months if the extradition treaty provides otherwise) under a provisional detention permit.