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Code of Criminal Procedure
Article 448, paragraph (1)
第四百四十八条第一項
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When there are grounds for a request for a retrial, a ruling shall be rendered to commence a retrial.
再審の請求が理由のあるときは、再審開始の決定をしなければならない。
WhenWhere the court that made the ruling to commence a hearing finds as a result of the hearing that there are grounds for a request for a retrial,a ruling shall be renderedit must render a ruling to commence a retrial.審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、審理の結果、再審の請求が理由のあるものであると認めるときは、再審開始の決定をしなければならない。