A request for a retrial may be filed against a final and binding judgment that dismissed an appeal to the court of second instance or a final appeal, when filed in the interests of the person to whom such judgment was rendered, and when:
再審の請求は、左の場合において、控訴又は上告を棄却した確定判決に対して、その言渡を受けた者の利益のために、これをすることができる。
There are grounds as prescribed in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding Article; or
There are grounds as prescribed in item (vii) of the preceding Article, with regard to a judge who participated in the original judgment or drafted documentary evidence which was used in the original judgment.
原判決又はその証拠となつた証拠書類の作成に関与した裁判官について前条第七号に規定する事由があるとき。
After a judgment has been rendered in a case for which a retrial was requested against a final and binding judgment of first instance, no request for retrial may be filed against a judgment to dismiss any appeal to the court of second instance.
第一審の確定判決に対して再審の請求をした事件について再審の判決があつた後は、控訴棄却の判決に対しては、再審の請求をすることはできない。
After a judgment has been rendered in a case for which a retrial was requested against a final and binding judgment of first or second instance, no request for retrial may be filed against a judgment to dismiss a final appeal.
第一審又は第二審の確定判決に対して再審の請求をした事件について再審の判決があつた後は、上告棄却の判決に対しては、再審の請求をすることはできない。