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Article 338Grounds for Retrial

第三百三十八条(再審の事由)

If any of the following circumstances are present, a party may protest a final judgment that has become final and binding through a demand for a retrial; provided, however, that this does not apply if a party, when filing the appeal to the court of second instance or the final appeal, alleged those circumstances or knew of them but did not allege them:

次に掲げる事由がある場合には、確定した終局判決に対し、再審の訴えをもって、不服を申し立てることができる。ただし、当事者が控訴若しくは上告によりその事由を主張したとき、又はこれを知りながら主張しなかったときは、この限りでない。

the court that pronounced judgment was not composed in accordance with the law;

法律に従って判決裁判所を構成しなかったこと。

a judge who, by law, is not permitted to participate in the judgment, has participated in the judgment;

法律により判決に関与することができない裁判官が判決に関与したこと。

the authority to act as a person's legal representative, authority to act as a person's litigation representative, or the delegation of powers that a representative needs in order to perform procedural acts was lacking;

法定代理権、訴訟代理権又は代理人が訴訟行為をするのに必要な授権を欠いたこと。

a judge who participated in the judgment has committed a crime in connection with their duties in the case;

判決に関与した裁判官が事件について職務に関する罪を犯したこと。

another person's criminally punishable act has caused the party to make an admission or prevented the party from advancing allegations or evidence that would have influenced the judgment;

刑事上罰すべき他人の行為により、自白をするに至ったこと又は判決に影響を及ぼすべき攻撃若しくは防御の方法を提出することを妨げられたこと。

a document or other object used as evidence toward the judgment was forged or altered, or an electronic or magnetic record used as evidence toward the judgment was created in an unlawful way;

判決の証拠となった文書その他の物件が偽造され若しくは変造されたものであったこと又は判決の証拠となった電磁的記録が不正に作られたものであったこと。

a false statement by a witness, expert, or interpreter, or by a party or legal representative who had been sworn in, was used as evidence toward the judgment;

証人、鑑定人、通訳人又は宣誓した当事者若しくは法定代理人の虚偽の陳述が判決の証拠となったこと。

the civil or criminal judgment or other judicial decision, or the administrative disposition, on which the judgment in question was based has been modified by a subsequent judicial decision or administrative disposition;

判決の基礎となった民事若しくは刑事の判決その他の裁判又は行政処分が後の裁判又は行政処分により変更されたこと。

there has been an omission involving a determination with regard to a matter of material import that would have influenced the judgment;

判決に影響を及ぼすべき重要な事項について判断の遺脱があったこと。

the judgment that the protest concerns conflicts with a previous judgment that has become final and binding.

不服の申立てに係る判決が前に確定した判決と抵触すること。

If any of the circumstances stated in items (iv) through (vii) of the preceding paragraph exists, a party may demand a retrial only if a guilty verdict or decision imposing a civil fine for the relevant criminally publishable act has become final and binding, or if the reason that it is not possible to obtain a final and binding guilty verdict or final and binding decision imposing a civil fine for that act is something other than a lack of evidence.

前項第四号から第七号までに掲げる事由がある場合においては、罰すべき行為について、有罪の判決若しくは過料の裁判が確定したとき、又は証拠がないという理由以外の理由により有罪の確定判決若しくは過料の確定裁判を得ることができないときに限り、再審の訴えを提起することができる。

If the court of second instance has reached a judgment on the merits of a case, it is not permissible to demand a retrial over the judgment of the court of first instance.

控訴審において事件につき本案判決をしたときは、第一審の判決に対し再審の訴えを提起することができない。

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