第四百七十一条
A decision is to be executed after it becomes final and binding, except as otherwise provided for by this Code.
裁判は、この法律に特別の定のある場合を除いては、確定した後これを執行する。
第四百七十二条
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The execution of a decision is to be directed by a public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office corresponding to the court that rendered said decision; provided, however, that this shall not apply in the cases set forth in the proviso to paragraph (1) of Article 70, the proviso to paragraph (1) of Article 108, or any other case in which the court or judge should direct the execution of its decision.
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
In cases where the decision made by a lower court is to be executed due to a decision on appeal or due to the withdrawal of an appeal, execution of the decision of the lower court is to be directed by a public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office corresponding to the appellate court; provided, however, that, where the case records are kept in the lower court or its corresponding public prosecutor's office, the execution is to be directed by a public prosecutor of that corresponding public prosecutor's office.
上訴の裁判又は上訴の取下により下級の裁判所の裁判を執行する場合には、上訴裁判所に対応する検察庁の検察官がこれを指揮する。但し、訴訟記録が下級の裁判所又はその裁判所に対応する検察庁に在るときは、その裁判所に対応する検察庁の検察官が、これを指揮する。
第四百七十三条
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The execution of decisions shall be directed in writing and a copy or extract of the written judgment or trial records which describe the decision shall be attached thereto; provided, however, that, excluding a direction to execute a sentence, this may be done by affixing a seal of approval to the original written judgment, a copy or extract thereof, or a copy or extract of the trial records which describe the decision.
裁判の執行の指揮は、書面でこれをし、これに裁判書又は裁判を記載した調書の謄本又は抄本を添えなければならない。但し、刑の執行を指揮する場合を除いては、裁判書の原本、謄本若しくは抄本又は裁判を記載した調書の謄本若しくは抄本に認印して、これをすることができる。
第四百七十四条
With regard to execution of two or more principal sentences, except for a fine or petty fine, the heaviest sentence shall be executed prior to the others; provided, however, that the public prosecutor may, by suspending a heavier sentence, direct the execution of the other sentences.
二以上の主刑の執行は、罰金及び科料を除いては、その重いものを先にする。但し、検察官は、重い刑の執行を停止して、他の刑の執行をさせることができる。
第四百七十五条
Execution of the death penalty shall be ordered by the Minister of Justice.
死刑の執行は、法務大臣の命令による。
The order set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be rendered within six months from the date when the judgment becomes final and binding; provided, however, that, where a request to restore the right to appeal or a request for a retrial, an extraordinary appeal, or an application or request for a pardon is made, the period before these proceedings have finished shall not be included in this period. Neither shall the period before the judgment becomes final and binding for persons who are co-defendants be included in this period.
前項の命令は、判決確定の日から六箇月以内にこれをしなければならない。但し、上訴権回復若しくは再審の請求、非常上告又は恩赦の出願若しくは申出がされその手続が終了するまでの期間及び共同被告人であつた者に対する判決が確定するまでの期間は、これをその期間に算入しない。
第四百七十六条
When the Minister of Justice orders the execution of the death penalty, the death penalty shall be executed within five days.
法務大臣が死刑の執行を命じたときは、五日以内にその執行をしなければならない。
第四百七十七条
The execution of the death penalty shall be attended by the public prosecutor, the public prosecutor's assistant officer, and the warden of the penal institution or his/her agent.
死刑は、検察官、検察事務官及び刑事施設の長又はその代理者の立会いの上、これを執行しなければならない。
No person may enter the execution site unless he or she is permitted to do so by the public prosecutor or the warden of the penal institution.
検察官又は刑事施設の長の許可を受けた者でなければ、刑場に入ることはできない。
第四百七十八条
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The public prosecutor's assistant officer who attends the execution of the death penalty shall produce an execution report, and along with the signatures and seals of the public prosecutor and the warden of the penal institution or his/her agent, shall affix his/her signature and seal thereto.
死刑の執行に立ち会つた検察事務官は、執行始末書を作り、検察官及び刑事施設の長又はその代理者とともに、これに署名押印しなければならない。
第四百七十九条
Where the person who has been sentenced to death is in a state of insanity, the execution shall be suspended by order of the Minister of Justice.
死刑の言渡を受けた者が心神喪失の状態に在るときは、法務大臣の命令によつて執行を停止する。
Where a woman who is sentenced to death is pregnant, the execution shall be suspended by order of the Minister of Justice.
死刑の言渡を受けた女子が懐胎しているときは、法務大臣の命令によつて執行を停止する。
In cases where execution of the death penalty has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the death penalty shall not be executed without an order from the Minister of Justice after the person has returned to a state of sanity or after such woman has given birth.
前二項の規定により死刑の執行を停止した場合には、心神喪失の状態が回復した後又は出産の後に法務大臣の命令がなければ、執行することはできない。
The provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 475 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the order referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, "the date when the judgment becomes final and binding" shall be read as "the date when the person has returned to a state of sanity or has given birth."
第四百七十五条第二項の規定は、前項の命令についてこれを準用する。この場合において、判決確定の日とあるのは、心神喪失の状態が回復した日又は出産の日と読み替えるものとする。
第四百七十九条の二
When, with regard to a person who has received pronouncement of a judgment sentencing the person to imprisonment or a heavier sentence, confinement under Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code or the execution of imprisonment has commenced, or the person has ceased to be subject to the execution of the sentence pertaining to the judgment, Article 342-2 (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter); the same applies in Article 485-2) does not apply to that person.
第四百八十条
When a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or penal detention is in a state of insanity, the execution of the sentence shall be suspended at the direction of either the public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office which corresponds to the sentencing court or the public prosecutor of the local public prosecutor's office which has jurisdiction over the present location of the sentenced person, until such a time as said person recovers.
拘禁刑又は拘留の言渡しを受けた者が心神喪失の状態にあるときは、刑の言渡しをした裁判所に対応する検察庁の検察官又は刑の言渡しを受けた者の現在地を管轄する地方検察庁の検察官の指揮によつて、その状態が回復するまで執行を停止する。
第四百八十一条
In cases where execution of a sentence is suspended pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the public prosecutor shall transfer the sentenced person to either a person under obligation to care for him/her or to the head of the local government, and have such a person deliver the sentenced person to a hospital or any other appropriate location.
前条の規定により刑の執行を停止した場合には、検察官は、刑の言渡を受けた者を監護義務者又は地方公共団体の長に引き渡し、病院その他の適当な場所に入れさせなければならない。
Until the measures under the preceding paragraph are taken, a person whose sentence has been suspended shall be detained in a penal institution, and the period of such detention shall be included in the term of his/her sentence.
刑の執行を停止された者は、前項の処分があるまでこれを刑事施設に留置し、その期間を刑期に算入する。
第四百八十二条
Where there are any of the following reasons for a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or penal detention, execution of the sentence may be suspended at the direction of the public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office which corresponds to the sentencing court or at the direction of the public prosecutor of the local public prosecutor's office which has jurisdiction over the present location of the sentenced person:
拘禁刑又は拘留の言渡しを受けた者について次に掲げる事由があるときは、刑の言渡しをした裁判所に対応する検察庁の検察官又は刑の言渡しを受けた者の現在地を管轄する地方検察庁の検察官の指揮によつて執行を停止することができる。
Execution of the sentence is likely to seriously damage the health of the person or it is feared that the person would not be able to survive its execution;
刑の執行によつて、著しく健康を害するとき、又は生命を保つことのできないおそれがあるとき。
The person is 70 years of age or older;
年齢七十年以上であるとき。
The person is 150 days pregnant or more;
受胎後百五十日以上であるとき。
It is less than 60 days since the person gave birth;
出産後六十日を経過しないとき。
It is feared that irrevocable harm will be caused due to execution of the sentence.
刑の執行によつて回復することのできない不利益を生ずるおそれがあるとき。
The person's grandparents or parents are 70 years of age or older, seriously ill or disabled, and there are no other relatives who can take care of them;
祖父母又は父母が年齢七十年以上又は重病若しくは不具で、他にこれを保護する親族がないとき。
The person's child or grandchild is an infant and there are no other relatives who can take care of him/her;
子又は孫が幼年で、他にこれを保護する親族がないとき。
There are other significant reasons.
その他重大な事由があるとき。
第四百八十三条
During the time period for the request referred to in Article 500 or when that request has been filed, execution of the decision ordering court costs to be borne shall be suspended until the decision on such request becomes final and binding.
第五百条に規定する申立の期間内及びその申立があつたときは、訴訟費用の負担を命ずる裁判の執行は、その申立についての裁判が確定するまで停止される。
第四百八十三条の二
With regard to the application of the provisions of Articles 342-2 through 342-7 (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) after a judgment imposing imprisonment or a greater punishment has become final and binding, the terms listed in the middle column of the following table in the provisions listed in the left-hand column of the same table are to be the terms listed in the right-hand column of the same table, respectively, and the provisions of the proviso to Article 342-5, paragraph (1) do not apply.
| Article 342-2, Article 342-4, Article 342-5, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 94, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 342-6, paragraph (2), and Article 342-7, paragraphs (1) and (3) | court | court that rendered the judgment imposing imprisonment or a greater punishment |
| Article 342-3 | defense counsel, legal representative | legal representative |
| Article 342-6, paragraph (2) | Article 342-3 | Article 342-3 as applied with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 483-2 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414)) |
| Article 94, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 342-6, paragraph (2) | The court | The court that rendered the judgment imposing imprisonment or a greater punishment |
| an appropriate person | a person appropriate in the view of that court | |
| Article 342-7, paragraph (1) | Article 342-2 | Article 342-2 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) |
| Article 342-7, paragraph (2) | The court | The court that rendered the judgment imposing imprisonment or a greater punishment |
| Article 342-7, paragraph (2), item (ii) | court | court that gave that permission |
| Article 342-7, paragraph (4) | the court may, upon the request of the public prosecutor or ex officio, | the court that rendered the judgment imposing imprisonment or a greater punishment may, upon the request of the public prosecutor, |
拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決が確定した後における第三百四十二条の二から第三百四十二条の七まで（これらの規定を第四百四条において準用する場合を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の規定の適用については、次の表の上欄に掲げる規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句とし、第三百四十二条の五第一項ただし書の規定は、適用しない。
| 第三百四十二条の二、第三百四十二条の四、第三百四十二条の五第一項及び第三項、第三百四十二条の六第二項において読み替えて準用する第九十四条第二項並びに第三百四十二条の七第一項及び第三項 | 裁判所 | 拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決の言渡しをした裁判所 |
| 第三百四十二条の三 | その弁護人、 | その |
| 第三百四十二条の六第二項 | 第三百四十二条の三 | 第四百八十三条の二において読み替えて適用する第三百四十二条の三（第四百四条（第四百十四条において準用する場合を含む。）において準用する場合を含む。） |
| 第三百四十二条の六第二項において読み替えて準用する第九十四条第三項 | 裁判所は | 拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決の言渡しをした裁判所は |
| 裁判所の | その裁判所の | |
| 第三百四十二条の七第一項 | 第三百四十二条の二 | 第三百四十二条の二（第四百四条（第四百十四条において準用する場合を含む。）において準用する場合を含む。以下この条において同じ。） |
| 第三百四十二条の七第二項 | 裁判所は | 拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決の言渡しをした裁判所は |
| 第三百四十二条の七第二項第二号 | 裁判所 | 当該許可をした裁判所 |
| 第三百四十二条の七第四項 | 裁判所は、検察官の請求により、又は職権で | 拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決の言渡しをした裁判所は、検察官の請求により |
第四百八十四条
When a person who has been sentenced to death, imprisonment or penal detention is not under detention, a public prosecutor must, for the purpose of execution, summon that person by designating the date, time and place at which the person is to appear. If that person does not respond to a summons, the public prosecutor must issue a writ of commitment.
死刑、拘禁刑又は拘留の言渡しを受けた者が拘禁されていないときは、検察官は、執行のため、出頭すべき日時及び場所を指定してこれを呼び出さなければならない。呼出しに応じないときは、収容状を発しなければならない。
第四百八十四条の二
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
If a person who has been summoned under the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding Article fails to appear at the designated date, time and place without justifiable grounds, the person is punished by imprisonment for not more than two years.
前条前段の規定による呼出しを受けた者が、正当な理由がなく、指定された日時及び場所に出頭しないときは、二年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
第四百八十五条
When a person who has been sentenced to death, imprisonment or penal detention escapes or where it is likely that said person will do so, a public prosecutor may immediately issue a writ of commitment or have a judicial police officer issue the writ.
死刑、拘禁刑又は拘留の言渡しを受けた者が逃亡したとき、又は逃亡するおそれがあるときは、検察官は、直ちに収容状を発し、又は司法警察員にこれを発せしめることができる。
第四百八十五条の二
When a person who has received the pronouncement of a judgment imposing imprisonment or a heavier punishment falls under any of the following items, a public prosecutor may, after the judgment has become final and binding, immediately issue a writ of commitment or have a judicial police officer issue the writ.
拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決の宣告を受けた者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、検察官は、当該判決が確定した後、直ちに収容状を発付し、又は司法警察員にこれを発付させることができる。
the person has departed from Japan, or attempted to do so, without receiving the permission under Article 342-2;
第三百四十二条の二の許可を受けないで本邦から出国し又は出国しようとしたとき。
the permission under Article 342-2 has been rescinded;
第三百四十二条の二の許可が取り消されたとき。
the person, having received the permission under Article 342-2, has failed, without justifiable grounds, to return to or land in Japan within the designated period.
第四百八十六条
When the current residence of a person who has been sentenced to the death penalty, imprisonment, or penal detention is unknown, a public prosecutor may request the Superintending Prosecutor that the person be committed to a penal institution.
死刑、拘禁刑又は拘留の言渡しを受けた者の現在地が分からないときは、検察官は、検事長にその者の刑事施設への収容を請求することができる。
The Superintending Prosecutor who receives a request must have a public prosecutor within the jurisdiction issue a warrant of commitment.
請求を受けた検事長は、その管内の検察官に収容状を発せしめなければならない。
第四百八十七条
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
A writ of commitment shall include the name, residence, age, the category and term of the sentence, and any other matters necessary for confinement, and a public prosecutor or a judicial police officer shall affix his/her seal thereto, next to his/her name.
収容状には、刑の言渡しを受けた者の氏名、住居、年齢、刑名、刑期その他収容に必要な事項を記載し、検察官又は司法警察員が、これに記名押印しなければならない。
第四百八十八条
A writ of commitment shall have the same effect as a subpoena.
収容状は、勾引状と同一の効力を有する。
第四百八十九条
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
With regard to execution of a writ of commitment, the provisions regarding execution of subpoenas shall apply mutatis mutandis.
収容状の執行については、勾引状の執行に関する規定を準用する。
第四百九十条
Decisions imposing a fine, petty fine, confiscation, collection of a sum of equivalent value in lieu of confiscation, non-penal fine, non-penal confiscation, court costs, compensation for costs, and provisional payment are to be executed by order of the public prosecutor. Such an order has the same effect as a title of obligation.
罰金、科料、没収、追徴、過料、没取、訴訟費用、費用賠償又は仮納付の裁判は、検察官の命令によつてこれを執行する。この命令は、執行力のある債務名義と同一の効力を有する。
The execution of the decisions referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Execution Act (Act No. 4 of 1979) and any other laws concerning compulsory enforcement; provided, however, that the process of the decisions need not be served before their execution.
前項の裁判の執行は、民事執行法（昭和五十四年法律第四号）その他強制執行の手続に関する法令の規定に従つてする。ただし、執行前に裁判の送達をすることを要しない。
第四百九十一条
When a person has been sentenced to confiscation, or to fines or collection of a sum of equivalent value in lieu of confiscation in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations on taxation and other public impositions and on monopolies, in the event that said person dies after the decision becomes final and binding, the sentence may be executed on said person's estate.
没収又は租税その他の公課若しくは専売に関する法令の規定により言い渡した罰金若しくは追徴は、刑の言渡を受けた者が判決の確定した後死亡した場合には、相続財産についてこれを執行することができる。
第四百九十二条
When a juridical person has been sentenced to a fine, petty fine, confiscation or collection of a sum of equivalent value in lieu of confiscation, and that juridical person is dissolved in a merger or consolidation after the decision becomes final and binding, the sentence may be executed on the juridical person that survives the merger or on the juridical person created in the consolidation.
法人に対して罰金、科料、没収又は追徴を言い渡した場合に、その法人が判決の確定した後合併によつて消滅したときは、合併の後存続する法人又は合併によつて設立された法人に対して執行することができる。
designated periodmachine translation
「指定期間」
The period that a court, when it permits under Article 342-2 a person against whom a judgment of imprisonment (拘禁刑) or a heavier punishment has been pronounced to leave Japan, designates as the time the person may stay abroad.
Short name set inArticle 342-4, paragraph (5)
confiscation
没収
A punishment that can only be added to a principal one (付加刑) (Penal Code, Article 9): a thing connected with the crime is confiscated. What may be confiscated is the thing that makes up the crime, a thing used or meant to be used for it, a thing it produced or gained or that was received as a reward for it, and what was received in exchange for such a thing (Article 19, paragraph (1)); only a thing belonging to no one but the offender, unless someone else acquired it after the crime knowing the facts (paragraph (2)). For a crime punishable only by penal detention (拘留) or a petty fine (科料), only the thing that makes up the crime may be confiscated, unless a special provision says otherwise (Article 20). Where a thing gained by the crime cannot be confiscated, its value may be collected instead (追徴) (Article 19-2).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 19, 19-2, 20 as a reference.
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.
penal detention
拘留
A short criminal punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設) for one day to less than thirty days (Penal Code, Article 16, paragraph (1)). As with imprisonment (拘禁刑), the person may be made to do work or given guidance to help them reform (paragraph (2)). It ranks below a fine (罰金) and above a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 16 as a reference.
petty fine
科料
The lightest criminal punishment: paying 1,000 yen or more but less than 10,000 yen (Penal Code, Articles 9, 10 and 17). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to thirty days (Article 18, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 17, 18 as a reference.
public prosecutor
検察官
The official who brings a prosecution (公訴) for a crime before a court (Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 247), and who may decide not to prosecute where, in view of the offender's character, age and circumstances, the gravity and circumstances of the offence and what happened after it, prosecution is not needed (Article 248). In criminal cases a public prosecutor asks the court to apply the law correctly and oversees the carrying out of its judgments; and, as the representative of the public interest, a public prosecutor also does the work other laws and regulations assign to a public prosecutor, which is not limited to criminal cases (Public Prosecutors Office Act, Article 4). A public prosecutor may investigate any crime (Article 6, paragraph (1)). Public prosecutors work through the public prosecutors offices (検察庁): the Supreme, High, District and Local Public Prosecutors Offices (Article 1).
Written by AI using Code of Criminal Procedure, Arts. 247, 248 and Public Prosecutors Office Act, Arts. 1, 4, 6 as a reference.
service
送達
The delivery of a document in a court proceeding, such as a lawsuit, to the person it is for, by a procedure the law lays down: unless a provision says otherwise, the court carries it out of its own motion, the court clerk handles the work (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 98), and the person who effects it reports on it to the court in writing (Article 100, paragraph (1)); the complaint must be served on the defendant (Article 138, paragraph (1)), and the judgment on the parties (Article 255, paragraph (1)). A document is served by post or by a court enforcement officer (執行官) (Article 101, paragraph (1)), as a rule by handing it to the person (Article 102-2), at their address, residence, place of business or office, or at their workplace where those are unknown or service there meets an obstacle (Article 103); each party, legal representative and litigation representative (訴訟代理人) must tell the court a place in Japan where they are to be served (Article 104, paragraph (1)), and service abroad is made at the presiding judge's request to that country's authorities or to a Japanese ambassador, minister or consul there (Article 108). If the person is not found at a place other than their workplace, the document may be handed to an employee or a person living with them who can be trusted to receive it, and if it is refused without a legitimate reason it may be left there (Article 106, paragraphs (1) and (3)); where it cannot be served in those ways, the court clerk may send it by registered mail, and it counts as served when it is sent (Article 107, paragraphs (1) and (3)). An electronic record can also be served through the courts' electronic system on a person who has registered for it, by making it available to them and sending them a notice, and that service takes effect when they view it or save it to their computer, or one week after the notice was sent, whichever comes first (Articles 109-2, paragraph (1), and 109-3, paragraph (1)); a person who must make filings online, such as a litigation representative (訴訟代理人) entrusted with the case, can be served this way even without registering, and without a notice, the week then running from when the record was made available (Articles 109-4 and 132-11, paragraph (1)). Where a party's address or other place for service is unknown, among other cases, the court clerk may serve by publication (公示送達), on petition or where the court orders it, and serves the same party by publication again of the clerk's own motion, as a rule (Article 110, paragraphs (1) to (3)): that the clerk holds the document and will hand it over at any time is made available for anyone to view, by a method the Supreme Court's rules (最高裁判所規則) set, and posted on the court's notice board or shown on a screen at the court (Article 111), and service takes effect two weeks after that begins, or six weeks for service to be made abroad, though one made again of the clerk's own motion takes effect the day after it begins (Article 112, paragraphs (1) and (2)). Some time limits run from service: an appeal to the court of second instance (控訴), for one, must be filed within two weeks of the day the judgment is served (Article 285).
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 98, 100 to 104, 106 to 112, 132-11, 138, 255, 285 as a reference.