# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四編 (Part 4)

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- Law: 刑事訴訟法 (Code of Criminal Procedure), 昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号
- English title "Code of Criminal Procedure": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第四編 (Part 4) — address `pt-4`
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## 第四編　再審 — Part IV Retrial
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#pt-4</sup>

### 第四百三十五条
<sup>art-435 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-435</sup>

**第一項**  再審の請求は、次に掲げる場合において、有罪の言渡しをした確定判決に対して、その言渡しを受けた者の利益のために、これをすることができる。
<sup>art-435/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-435/par-1</sup>
A request for a retrial may be filed against a final and binding judgment of guilt, when filed in the interests of the person who has been found guilty, and when:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  原判決の証拠となつた証拠書類又は証拠物が確定判決により偽造又は変造であつたことが証明されたとき。
  <sup>art-435/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-435/par-1/item-1</sup>
  It has been proven through a final and binding judgment that documentary or material evidence which served as evidence in the original judgment is false or has been altered;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  原判決の証拠となつた証言、鑑定、通訳又は翻訳が確定判決により虚偽であつたことが証明されたとき。
  <sup>art-435/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-435/par-1/item-2</sup>
  It has been proven through a final and binding judgment that testimony, expert evaluation, interpretation, or translation which served as evidence in the original judgment was false;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  有罪の言渡しを受けた者をぶ告した罪が確定判決により証明されたとき。ただし、ぶ告により有罪の言渡しを受けたときに限る。
  <sup>art-435/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-435/par-1/item-3</sup>
  It has been proven through a final and binding judgment that a person who has been found guilty was falsely accused; provided, however, that this shall only be when such person was found guilty on the basis of such false accusation;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  原判決の証拠となつた裁判が確定裁判により変更されたとき。
  <sup>art-435/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-435/par-1/item-4</sup>
  A decision which served as evidence in the original judgment has been altered by final and binding judgment;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  特許権、実用新案権、意匠権又は商標権を害した罪により有罪の言渡しをした事件について、その権利の無効の審決が確定したとき、又は無効の判決があつたとき。
  <sup>art-435/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-435/par-1/item-5</sup>
  With regard to cases where a person has been found guilty of criminal infringement of a patent right, utility model right, design right, or trademark right, a trial decision that voided such right has become final, or a judgment that voided such right has been rendered;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **六**  有罪の言渡しを受けた者に対して無罪若しくは免訴を言い渡し、刑の言渡しを受けた者に対して刑の免除を言い渡し、又は原判決において認めた罪より軽い罪を認めるべき明らかな証拠を新たに発見したとき。
  <sup>art-435/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-435/par-1/item-6</sup>
  Clear evidence which should make the court render an acquittal or a dismissal for judicial bar to the person who has been found guilty, or make the court render a remission of punishment for the person to whom punishment has been rendered or make the court find a lesser crime than the crime which was found in the original judgment, has been newly discovered; or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **七**  原判決に関与した裁判官、原判決の証拠となつた証拠書類の作成に関与した裁判官又は原判決の証拠となつた書面若しくは電磁的記録を作成し若しくは供述をした検察官、検察事務官若しくは司法警察職員が被告事件について職務に関する罪を犯したことが確定判決により証明されたとき。ただし、原判決をする前に裁判官、検察官、検察事務官又は司法警察職員に対して公訴の提起があつた場合には、原判決をした裁判所がその事実を知らなかつたときに限る。
  <sup>art-435/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-435/par-1/item-7</sup>
  It has been proven through a final and binding judgment that a judge who participated in the original judgment, a judge who participated in making documentary evidence which served as evidence in the original judgment, or the public prosecutor, public prosecutor's assistant officer, or judicial police official who compiled a document or electronic or magnetic record or gave a statement which served as evidence in the original judgment, committed a crime with regard to his/her duty in the case; provided, however, that when prosecution against such judge, public prosecutor, public prosecutor's assistant officer, or judicial police official was instituted before rendition of the original judgment, this shall be limited to when the original court did not know such fact.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百三十六条
<sup>art-436 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-436</sup>

**第一項**  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。
<sup>art-436/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-436/par-1</sup>
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:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  前条第一号又は第二号に規定する事由があるとき。
  <sup>art-436/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-436/par-1/item-1</sup>
  There are grounds as prescribed in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding Article; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "There are grounds as prescribed in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding Article; or," — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb</sup>

  **二**  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。
  <sup>art-436/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-436/par-1/item-2</sup>
  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.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  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。
<sup>art-436/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-436/par-2</sup>
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.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  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。
<sup>art-436/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-436/par-3</sup>
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.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四百三十七条
<sup>art-437 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-437</sup>

**第一項**  前二条の規定に従い、確定判決により犯罪が証明されたことを再審の請求の理由とすべき場合において、その確定判決を得ることができないときは、その事実を証明して再審の請求をすることができる。但し、証拠がないという理由によつて確定判決を得ることができないときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-437/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-437/par-1</sup>
When the fact that the crime has been proven by a final and binding judgment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles should be the grounds for requesting a retrial, and when it is impossible to get such final and binding judgment, a retrial may be requested by proving said fact; provided, however, that this shall not apply when it is impossible to get such final judgment on the grounds that there is no evidence.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四百三十八条
<sup>art-438 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-438</sup>

**第一項**  再審の請求は、原判決をした裁判所がこれを管轄する。
<sup>art-438/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-438/par-1</sup>
The court which rendered the original judgment may exercise jurisdiction over the request for a retrial.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四百三十八条の二
<sup>art-438-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-438-2</sup>

**第一項**  裁判官は、再審の請求があつた事件について、原判決に係る被告事件についての次に掲げる裁判に関与したときは、職務の執行から除斥される。
<sup>art-438-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-438-2/par-1</sup>
A judge is disqualified from the execution of the judge's duties in a case for which a request for a retrial has been made, when the judge has participated in any of the following judicial decisions in the case charged pertaining to the original judgment:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第三百三十三条、第三百三十四条又は第三百三十六条の規定による判決
  <sup>art-438-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-438-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a judgment under the provisions of Article 333, Article 334 or Article 336;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  前号に掲げる判決に係る第三百九十六条の規定による判決
  <sup>art-438-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-438-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a judgment under the provisions of Article 396 pertaining to a judgment set forth in the preceding item;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  略式命令
  <sup>art-438-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-438-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a summary order.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  裁判官が、再審開始の決定が確定した事件について、当該再審開始の決定に係る再審の請求についての次に掲げる決定に関与したときも、前項と同様とする。
<sup>art-438-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-438-2/par-2</sup>
The same applies as in the preceding paragraph when a judge has participated, in a case in which a ruling to commence a retrial has become final, in any of the following rulings on the request for a retrial pertaining to that ruling to commence a retrial:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第四百四十四条の二第二項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）又は第四百四十七条第一項若しくは第四百四十八条第一項の規定による決定
  <sup>art-438-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-438-2/par-2/item-1</sup>
  a ruling under the provisions of Article 444-2, paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)), Article 447, paragraph (1) or Article 448, paragraph (1);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  前号に掲げる決定に対する即時抗告又は第四百二十八条第二項の異議の申立てを棄却する決定（当該即時抗告又は異議の申立ての手続がその規定に違反したことのみを理由とするものを除く。）
  <sup>art-438-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-438-2/par-2/item-2</sup>
  a ruling to dismiss an immediate appeal against a ruling set forth in the preceding item or an objection under Article 428, paragraph (2) (excluding a ruling based solely on the ground that the procedure for that immediate appeal or objection violated the provisions governing it).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百三十九条
<sup>art-439 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439</sup>

**第一項**  再審の請求は、次に掲げる者がこれをすることができる。
<sup>art-439/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439/par-1</sup>
A retrial may be requested by:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  検察官
  <sup>art-439/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The public prosecutor;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  有罪の言渡しを受けた者
  <sup>art-439/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439/par-1/item-2</sup>
  The person who has been found guilty;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  有罪の言渡しを受けた者の法定代理人及び補助人
  <sup>art-439/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439/par-1/item-3</sup>
  The legal representative or assistant of the person who has been found guilty; or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  有罪の言渡しを受けた者が死亡し、又は心神喪失の状態にある場合には、その配偶者、直系の親族及び兄弟姉妹
  <sup>art-439/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439/par-1/item-4</sup>
  The spouse, lineal relative or sibling of the person who has been found guilty, in the event that said person is deceased or is in a state of insanity.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第四百三十五条第七号又は第四百三十六条第一項第二号に規定する事由による再審の請求は、有罪の言渡しを受けた者がその罪を犯させた場合には、検察官でなければこれをすることができない。
<sup>art-439/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439/par-2</sup>
Only the public prosecutor may file a request for retrial on the grounds prescribed in Article 435, item (vii) or Article 436, paragraph (1), item (ii) when the person who was found guilty induces another to commit such crime.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十条
<sup>art-440 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-440</sup>

**第一項**  検察官以外の者は、再審の請求をする場合には、弁護人を選任することができる。
<sup>art-440/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-440/par-1</sup>
When a person other than the public prosecutor requests a retrial, such person may appoint defense counsel.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a person other than the public prosecutor requests a retrial, such person may appoint counsel." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定による弁護人の選任は、再審の判決があるまでその効力を有する。
<sup>art-440/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-440/par-2</sup>
The appointment of defense counsel prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall have its effect until a judgment is rendered in the retrial.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The appointment of counsel prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall have its effect until a judgment is rendered in the retrial." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb</sup>

### 第四百四十一条
<sup>art-441 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-441</sup>

**第一項**  再審の請求は、刑の執行が終り、又はその執行を受けることがないようになつたときでも、これをすることができる。
<sup>art-441/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-441/par-1</sup>
A request for a retrial may be filed even when the sentence has been fully executed or when it has come to pass that the sentence will not be executed.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四百四十一条の二
<sup>art-441-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-441-2</sup>

**第一項**  再審の請求をするには、その理由を記載した書面を管轄裁判所に差し出さなければならない。
<sup>art-441-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-441-2/par-1</sup>
In order to file a request for a retrial, a document stating the grounds for it must be submitted to the competent court of jurisdiction.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の書面には、証拠書類又は証拠物及び原判決の裁判書の謄本（裁判書が電磁的記録である場合にあつては、当該裁判書に記録されている事項の全部を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録であつてその内容が当該裁判書に記録されている事項と同一であることの証明がされたもの。以下この項において同じ。）を添えなければならない。ただし、第二百七十一条の二第一項若しくは第三百十二条の二第一項（第四百四条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による求めがあつた場合又は第二百九十九条の四第一項、第三項、第六項若しくは第八項若しくは第二百九十九条の五第三項（これらの規定を第四百四条（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。）の規定による措置がとられた場合であつて、原判決の裁判書の謄本を添えることができないときは、証拠書類又は証拠物及び原判決の裁判書の抄本（裁判書が電磁的記録である場合にあつては、当該裁判書に記録されている事項の一部を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録であつてその内容が当該裁判書に記録されている事項と同一であることの証明がされたもの）であつて、これらの求めに係る個人特定事項又はこれらの措置に係る氏名若しくは住居の記載又は記録がないものを添えれば足りる。
<sup>art-441-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-441-2/par-2</sup>
The documentary evidence or material evidence and a transcript of the written decision of the original judgment (where the written decision is an electronic or magnetic record, a document or electronic or magnetic record stating or recording the whole of the matters recorded in that written decision, the content of which has been certified to be identical to the matters recorded in that written decision; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) must be attached to the document referred to in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that where a request has been made under Article 271-2, paragraph (1) or Article 312-2, paragraph (1) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404), or measures have been taken under Article 299-4, paragraph (1), (3), (6) or (8) or Article 299-5, paragraph (3) (including cases where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including cases where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414)), and a transcript of the written decision of the original judgment cannot be attached, it suffices to attach the documentary evidence or material evidence and an extract of the written decision of the original judgment (where the written decision is an electronic or magnetic record, a document or electronic or magnetic record stating or recording a part of the matters recorded in that written decision, the content of which has been certified to be identical to the matters recorded in that written decision) that does not state or record the particulars identifying an individual pertaining to those requests or the name or residence pertaining to those measures.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十二条
<sup>art-442 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-442</sup>

**第一項**  再審の請求は、刑の執行を停止する効力を有しない。ただし、管轄裁判所に対応する検察庁の検察官は、再審の判決が確定するまで刑の執行を停止することができる。
<sup>art-442/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-442/par-1</sup>
The request for a retrial shall have no effect to suspend the execution of sentence; provided, however, that the public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office corresponding to the competent court may suspend the execution of sentence until the judgment in the retrial becomes final and binding.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  管轄裁判所に対応する検察庁の検察官は、前項ただし書の規定により死刑の執行を停止したときは、刑法第十一条第二項の規定による拘置を停止することができる。
<sup>art-442/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-442/par-2</sup>
When a public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office corresponding to the competent court has suspended the execution of the death penalty pursuant to the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the public prosecutor may suspend confinement under Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十三条
<sup>art-443 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-443</sup>

**第一項**  再審の請求は、これを取り下げることができる。
<sup>art-443/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-443/par-1</sup>
A request for a retrial may be withdrawn.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  再審の請求を取り下げた者は、同一の理由によつては、更に再審の請求をすることができない。
<sup>art-443/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-443/par-2</sup>
A person who has withdrawn a request for a retrial shall not make any further requests for retrial on the same grounds.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四百四十四条
<sup>art-444 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-444</sup>

**第一項**  第三百六十六条の規定は、再審の請求及びその取下についてこれを準用する。
<sup>art-444/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-444/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 366 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a request for a retrial and its withdrawal.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四百四十四条の二
<sup>art-444-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2</sup>

**第一項**  再審の請求を受けた裁判所は、遅滞なく、その請求について調査しなければならない。
<sup>art-444-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-1</sup>
The court that has received a request for a retrial must promptly investigate the request.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の裁判所は、同項の規定による調査の結果に基づいて、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める決定をしなければならない。
<sup>art-444-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2</sup>
The court set forth in the preceding paragraph must, based on the result of the investigation under that paragraph, render the ruling specified in the corresponding item for the category of cases set forth in each of the following items:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  次に掲げる場合　再審の請求を棄却する決定
  <sup>art-444-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-1</sup>
  in any of the following cases: a ruling to dismiss the request for a retrial;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **イ**  再審の請求が法令上の方式に違反したものであると認めるとき。
    <sup>art-444-2/par-2/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-1/sub-1</sup>
    when it is found that the request for a retrial has been filed contrary to the form provided in laws and regulations;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ロ**  再審の請求が請求権の消滅後にされたものであると認めるとき。
    <sup>art-444-2/par-2/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-1/sub-2</sup>
    when it is found that the request for a retrial has been made after loss of the right to request a retrial;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ハ**  第四百四十一条の二第一項の書面に記載された再審の請求の理由が明らかに第四百三十五条各号又は第四百三十六条第一項各号に掲げる場合に該当しないと認めるとき。
    <sup>art-444-2/par-2/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-1/sub-3</sup>
    when it is found that the grounds for the request for a retrial stated in the document under Article 441-2, paragraph (1) clearly do not fall under the cases set forth in the items of Article 435 or the items of Article 436, paragraph (1);
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  再審の請求が理由のあるものであることが明らかであると認める場合　再審開始の決定
  <sup>art-444-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-2</sup>
  in a case where it is found to be clear that there are grounds for the request for a retrial: a ruling to commence a retrial;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  前二号に掲げる場合以外の場合　審判を開始する旨の決定（以下「審判開始の決定」という。）
  <sup>art-444-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-3</sup>
  in cases other than those set forth in the preceding two items: a ruling to commence a hearing (hereinafter referred to as the "ruling to commence a hearing").
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定による決定をしたときは、決定で刑の執行を停止することができる。
<sup>art-444-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-3</sup>
When the court has rendered a ruling under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)), it may suspend the execution of the sentence by ruling.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  前項の規定により死刑の執行を停止したときは、決定で刑法第十一条第二項の規定による拘置を停止することができる。
<sup>art-444-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-4</sup>
When the execution of the death penalty has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court may suspend, by ruling, the confinement under Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十五条
<sup>art-445 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445</sup>

**第一項**  再審の請求を受けた裁判所は、審判開始の決定をした後でなければ、事実の取調べをすることができない。
<sup>art-445/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445/par-1</sup>
The court that has received a request for a retrial may not conduct an examination of the facts until after it has rendered a ruling to commence a hearing.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、必要があるときは、合議体の構成員に再審の請求の理由について、事実の取調べをさせ、又は地方裁判所、家庭裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所の裁判官にこれを嘱託することができる。この場合には、受命裁判官及び受託裁判官は、裁判所又は裁判長と同一の権限を有する。
<sup>art-445/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445/par-2</sup>
The court that has rendered a ruling to commence a hearing may, when it deems necessary, request a judge on a judicial panel to conduct an examination of the facts to determine the grounds for the request for a retrial, or may delegate this to a judge of a district court, family court, or summary court. In this case, an authorized judge or a delegated judge shall have the same authority as a court or a presiding judge.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  再審の請求をした者（検察官を除く。以下「再審請求者」という。）、弁護人又は検察官は、審判開始の決定をした裁判所に対し、事実の取調べを請求することができる。
<sup>art-445/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445/par-3</sup>
A person who has made a request for a retrial (excluding the public prosecutor; hereinafter referred to as the "retrial requester"), the defense counsel or the public prosecutor may request the court that has rendered the ruling to commence a hearing to conduct an examination of the facts.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十五条の二
<sup>art-445-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2</sup>

**第一項**  審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、再審の請求の理由に関連すると認められる証拠について、その関連性の程度その他の当該再審の請求についての裁判をするために提出を受けることの必要性の程度並びにその提出を受けた場合に生じるおそれのある弊害の内容及び程度を考慮し、相当と認めるときは、再審請求者若しくは弁護人の請求により又は職権で、決定で、検察官に対し、当該証拠の提出を命じなければならない。
<sup>art-445-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2/par-1</sup>
The court that has rendered a ruling to commence a hearing must, with regard to evidence found to be related to the grounds for the request for a retrial, when it finds it appropriate taking into account the extent of its relevance and otherwise the extent of the necessity of having it submitted in order to render a judicial decision on that request for a retrial, as well as the content and extent of the possible harmful effects that may arise if it is submitted, order the public prosecutor, by a ruling, to submit that evidence, upon request from the retrial requester or the defense counsel or ex officio.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  裁判所は、前項の決定又は同項の請求を却下する決定をするには、検察官の意見を聴かなければならない。
<sup>art-445-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2/par-2</sup>
The court must hear the opinion of the public prosecutor when it renders a ruling under the preceding paragraph or a ruling to dismiss a request under that paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の決定又は同項の請求を却下する決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
<sup>art-445-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2/par-3</sup>
An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling under paragraph (1) or a ruling dismissing a request under that paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十五条の三
<sup>art-445-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3</sup>

**第一項**  裁判所は、前条第一項の決定をするか否かの判断をするに当たり、必要があると認めるときは、検察官に対し、当該判断の対象となる証拠の提示を命ずることができる。この場合において、当該証拠の全部又は一部が電磁的記録であるときは、当該電磁的記録については、その内容を表示したものを閲覧し、又はその内容を再生したものを視聴する方法により、提示を受けるものとする。
<sup>art-445-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-1</sup>
In determining whether to make the ruling under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if the court finds it necessary, it may order the public prosecutor to present the evidence that is the subject of that determination. In this case, where all or part of that evidence is an electronic or magnetic record, the presentation of that electronic or magnetic record is to be received by inspecting a display of its contents or by viewing and listening to a playback of its contents.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  裁判所は、前条第一項の決定をするか否かの判断をするに当たり、必要があると認めるときは、検察官に対し、その保管する証拠であつて、裁判所の指定する範囲に属するものの標目の一覧表を提示することを命ずることができる。この場合において、検察官が当該一覧表を電磁的記録をもつて作成したときは、当該一覧表については、その内容を表示したものを閲覧する方法により、提示を受けるものとする。
<sup>art-445-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-2</sup>
In determining whether to make the ruling under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if the court finds it necessary, it may order the public prosecutor to present a list of the titles of the evidence that said prosecutor holds which falls within the range specified by the court. In this case, where the public prosecutor has prepared the list as an electronic or magnetic record, the presentation of the list is to be received by inspecting a display of its contents.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前二項の場合においては、裁判所は、何人にも、第一項の証拠又は前項の一覧表の閲覧又は謄写をさせることができない。
<sup>art-445-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-3</sup>
In the cases of the preceding two paragraphs, the court may not let anyone inspect or copy the evidence set forth in paragraph (1) or the list set forth in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  前三項の規定は、前条第三項の即時抗告が係属する抗告裁判所について準用する。
<sup>art-445-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-4</sup>
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the court where the immediate appeal under paragraph (3) of the preceding Article is pending.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十五条の四
<sup>art-445-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-4</sup>

**第一項**  弁護人は、再審の請求の手続において、裁判所が審判開始の決定をした後に検察官から提出を受けた証拠を謄写したときは、その証拠に係る複製等を適正に管理し、その保管をみだりに他人に委ねてはならない。
<sup>art-445-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-4/par-1</sup>
When a defense counsel has copied evidence submitted by the public prosecutor after the court made a ruling to commence a hearing in the procedure for a request for a retrial, the defense counsel must properly manage the copies of evidence pertaining to that evidence and must not entrust their custody to another person without reason.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十五条の五
<sup>art-445-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-5</sup>

**第一項**  再審請求者、弁護人又は弁護人であつた者は、前条に規定する証拠に係る複製等を、次に掲げる手続又はその準備に使用する目的以外の目的で、人に交付し、又は提示し、若しくは電気通信回線を通じて提供してはならない。
<sup>art-445-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-5/par-1</sup>
A retrial requester, defense counsel or a person who was defense counsel must not deliver or present to another person, or provide through telecommunication lines, copies of evidence pertaining to the evidence prescribed in the preceding Article for any purpose other than use in the following procedures or for the preparation thereof:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  当該再審の請求に係る事件についての再審の請求の手続
  <sup>art-445-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-5/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The procedure for a request for a retrial in relation to the case pertaining to that request for a retrial;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  前号に掲げる手続において再審開始の決定が確定した場合における被告事件の審理その他の当該被告事件に係る裁判のための審理及び当該被告事件に関する第二百八十一条の四第一項第二号に掲げる手続（同号ホに掲げるものを除く。）
  <sup>art-445-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-5/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Where a ruling to commence a retrial has become final and binding in the procedure set forth in the preceding item, the proceedings of the case charged to the court and any other proceedings for a judicial decision related to that case charged to the court, and the procedures set forth in Article 281-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) in relation to that case (excluding those set forth in (e) of that item).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定に違反した場合の措置については、再審請求者の再審の請求に係る利益又は再審における被告人の防御権を踏まえ、複製等の内容、行為の目的及び態様、関係人の名誉又はその私生活若しくは業務の平穏が害されているかどうか、当該複製等に係る証拠が公判期日において取り調べられたものであるかどうか、その取調べの方法その他の事情を考慮するものとする。
<sup>art-445-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-5/par-2</sup>
As to the measures to be taken in the event of a violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court is to consider, in light of the interests of the retrial requester pertaining to the request for a retrial or the right to defense of the defendant in the retrial, the contents of the copies of evidence, the intent and mode of the act, whether the reputation of the related persons or the tranquility of their private life or business has been harmed, whether the evidence pertaining to the copies of evidence was examined on a trial date, the method of that examination, and other circumstances.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十五条の六
<sup>art-445-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-6</sup>

**第一項**  再審請求者が、第四百四十五条の四に規定する証拠に係る複製等を、前条第一項各号に掲げる手続又はその準備に使用する目的以外の目的で、人に交付し、又は提示し、若しくは電気通信回線を通じて提供したときは、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-445-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-6/par-1</sup>
When a retrial requester delivers or presents to another person, or provides through telecommunication lines, copies of evidence pertaining to the evidence prescribed in Article 445-4 for any purpose other than use in the procedures set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or for the preparation thereof, the retrial requester is to be punished by imprisonment for a term of one year or less or a fine of 500,000 yen or less.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  弁護人又は弁護人であつた者が、第四百四十五条の四に規定する証拠に係る複製等を、対価として財産上の利益その他の利益を得る目的で、人に交付し、又は提示し、若しくは電気通信回線を通じて提供したときも、前項と同様とする。
<sup>art-445-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-6/par-2</sup>
The same applies when a defense counsel or a person who was a defense counsel delivers or presents to another person, or provides through telecommunication lines, copies of evidence pertaining to the evidence prescribed in Article 445-4 for the purpose of obtaining property profits or other profits as consideration.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十五条の七
<sup>art-445-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-7</sup>

**第一項**  審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、審理を終結するまでに、再審の請求について、再審請求者（再審請求者が第四百三十九条第一項第三号に掲げる者である場合にあつては、再審請求者及び有罪の言渡しを受けた者）、弁護人及び検察官の意見を聴かなければならない。
<sup>art-445-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-7/par-1</sup>
The court that made the ruling to commence a hearing must, by the time it closes the hearing, hear the opinions of the retrial requester (or, where the retrial requester is a person set forth in Article 439, paragraph (1), item (iii), the retrial requester and the person who has been found guilty), the defense counsel and the public prosecutor on the request for a retrial.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、審理を終結するには、審理を終結する日（以下この条において「審理終結日」という。）を定めなければならない。この場合においては、あらかじめ、審理の終結について、再審請求者又は弁護人及び検察官の意見を聴かなければならない。
<sup>art-445-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-7/par-2</sup>
In order to close the hearing, the court that made the ruling to commence a hearing must fix the date on which the hearing is to be closed (referred to as the "hearing closing date" in this Article). In this case, it must in advance hear the opinions of the retrial requester or the defense counsel, and of the public prosecutor, on the closing of the hearing.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、再審請求者、弁護人若しくは検察官の請求により、又は職権で、審理終結日を変更することができる。
<sup>art-445-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-7/par-3</sup>
The court that made the ruling to commence a hearing may change the hearing closing date upon the request of the retrial requester, the defense counsel or the public prosecutor, or ex officio.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  審理終結日を変更するには、裁判所の規則の定めるところにより、あらかじめ、再審請求者又は弁護人及び検察官の意見を聴かなければならない。ただし、急速を要する場合は、この限りでない。
<sup>art-445-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-7/par-4</sup>
To change the hearing closing date, the court must in advance, as prescribed by the Rules of Court, hear the opinions of the retrial requester or the defense counsel, and of the public prosecutor; provided, however, that this does not apply in cases requiring urgency.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  審理終結日は、再審請求者、弁護人及び検察官に通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-445-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-7/par-5</sup>
The hearing closing date must be notified to the retrial requester, the defense counsel and the public prosecutor.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十五条の八
<sup>art-445-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-8</sup>

**第一項**  審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、審理を終結したときは、速やかに、再審の請求について決定をする日（以下この条において「決定日」という。）を定めなければならない。
<sup>art-445-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-8/par-1</sup>
When the court that made the ruling to commence a hearing has closed the hearing, it must promptly fix the date on which it is to make a ruling on the request for a retrial (referred to as the "ruling date" in this Article).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、決定日を変更することができる。
<sup>art-445-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-8/par-2</sup>
The court that made the ruling to commence a hearing may change the ruling date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前条第五項の規定は、決定日について準用する。
<sup>art-445-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-8/par-3</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the ruling date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十五条の九
<sup>art-445-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-9</sup>

**第一項**  審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、適当と認めるときは、再審請求者、弁護人若しくは検察官の請求により、又は職権で、決定で、終結した審理を再開することができる。
<sup>art-445-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-9/par-1</sup>
The court that made the ruling to commence a hearing may, when it finds it appropriate, reopen the closed hearing by a ruling, upon the request of the retrial requester, the defense counsel or the public prosecutor, or ex officio.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十五条の十
<sup>art-445-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-445-10</sup>

**第一項**  審判開始の決定があつた場合において、再審請求者が死亡したときは、再審の請求の手続は、中断する。この場合において、第四百三十九条第一項第二号から第四号までに掲げる者は、その手続を受け継ぐことができる。
<sup>art-445-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-445-10/par-1</sup>
Where a ruling to commence a hearing has been made, if the retrial requester dies, the procedure for the request for a retrial is suspended. In this case, the persons set forth in Article 439, paragraph (1), items (ii) through (iv) may take over that procedure.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項後段の規定による受継の申立ては、再審請求者の死亡の日から一月以内にしなければならない。
<sup>art-445-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-445-10/par-2</sup>
A petition for taking over under the second sentence of the preceding paragraph must be filed within one month after the date of death of the retrial requester.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定による中断があつたときは、即時抗告又は第四百三十三条第一項の抗告の提起期間は、進行を停止する。この場合においては、第一項後段の規定による受継があつた時から、新たに全期間の進行を始める。
<sup>art-445-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-445-10/par-3</sup>
When a suspension under the provisions of paragraph (1) has occurred, the period for filing an immediate appeal or a kokoku-appeal under Article 433, paragraph (1) ceases to run. In this case, the entire period begins to run anew from the time of the taking over under the second sentence of paragraph (1).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  第二項の期間内に同項の申立てがないときは、審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、決定で再審の請求を棄却しなければならない。
<sup>art-445-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-445-10/par-4</sup>
If the petition referred to in paragraph (2) is not filed within the period set forth in that paragraph, the court that made the ruling to commence a hearing must dismiss the request for a retrial by a ruling.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十六条
<sup>art-446 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-446</sup>

**第一項**  審判開始の決定をした裁判所は、審理の結果、再審の請求が法令上の方式に違反し、又は請求権の消滅後にされたものであることが判明したときは、決定でこれを棄却しなければならない。
<sup>art-446/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-446/par-1</sup>
Where, as a result of the hearing, it becomes clear that a request for a retrial has been filed contrary to the form provided in laws and regulations or has been made after loss of the right to request a retrial, the court that made the ruling to commence a hearing must render a ruling to dismiss such request.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十七条
<sup>art-447 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-447</sup>

**第一項**  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ないものであると認めるときは、決定でこれを棄却しなければならない。
<sup>art-447/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-447/par-1</sup>
Where the court that made the ruling to commence a hearing finds as a result of the hearing that a request for a retrial is groundless, it must render a ruling to dismiss such request.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定による決定があつたときは、何人も、同一の理由によつては、更に再審の請求をすることはできない。
<sup>art-447/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-447/par-2</sup>
When a ruling as prescribed in the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been rendered, no person may further request a retrial on the same grounds.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十八条
<sup>art-448 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448</sup>

**第一項**  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。
<sup>art-448/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448/par-1</sup>
Where 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, it must render a ruling to commence a retrial.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定による決定をしたときは、決定で刑の執行を停止することができる。
<sup>art-448/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448/par-2</sup>
When a ruling under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been rendered, a ruling may be rendered to suspend execution of the sentence.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前項の規定により死刑の執行を停止したときは、決定で刑法第十一条第二項の規定による拘置を停止することができる。
<sup>art-448/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448/par-3</sup>
When the execution of the death penalty has been suspended pursuant to the preceding paragraph, confinement under Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code may be suspended by a ruling.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百四十九条
<sup>art-449 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-449</sup>

**第一項**  控訴を棄却した確定判決とその判決によつて確定した第一審の判決とに対して再審の請求があつた場合において、第一審裁判所が再審の判決をしたときは、控訴裁判所は、決定で再審の請求を棄却しなければならない。
<sup>art-449/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-449/par-1</sup>
When a retrial has been requested against a final and binding judgment which dismissed an appeal and the judgment of first instance which was made final and binding by that judgment, and the court of first instance has rendered a judgment in the retrial, the court of second instance shall dismiss the request for a retrial on a ruling.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a retrial has been requested against a final and binding judgment which dismissed an appeal and the judgment of first instance was made final and binding by the court of first instance rendered judgment a retrial, the court of second instance shall dismiss request for a retrial on a ruling." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb</sup>

**第二項**  第一審又は第二審の判決に対する上告を棄却した判決とその判決によつて確定した第一審又は第二審の判決とに対して再審の請求があつた場合において、第一審裁判所又は控訴裁判所が再審の判決をしたときは、上告裁判所は、決定で再審の請求を棄却しなければならない。
<sup>art-449/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-449/par-2</sup>
When a retrial has been requested against a judgment which dismissed the final appeal against the judgment of first instance or second instance and the judgment in the first instance or second instance was made final and binding by such judgment, and the court of first instance or the court of second instance rendered the judgment of retrial, the court of final appellate instance shall dismiss the request for a retrial on a ruling.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四百五十条
<sup>art-450 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450</sup>

**第一項**  第四百四十四条の二第二項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）、第四百四十六条、第四百四十七条第一項又は前条第一項の規定による決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
<sup>art-450/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450/par-1</sup>
An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling under Article 444-2, paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)), Article 446, Article 447, paragraph (1), or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百五十条の二
<sup>art-450-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-2</sup>

**第一項**  第四百四十四条の二第二項（第二号に係る部分に限る。第三項第一号において同じ。）又は第四百四十八条第一項の規定による決定に対しては、当該決定が取り消されるべきものと認めるに足りる十分な根拠がある場合に限り、即時抗告をすることができる。
<sup>art-450-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-2/par-1</sup>
An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling under Article 444-2, paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii); the same applies in paragraph (3), item (i)) or Article 448, paragraph (1) only when there are sufficient grounds to find that the ruling should be rescinded.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の即時抗告を棄却する決定又は前条の即時抗告（第四百四十六条又は第四百四十七条第一項の規定による決定に対するものに限る。）が係属する抗告裁判所の第四百五十条の五第一項において準用する第四百四十八条第一項の規定による決定に対する第四百三十三条第一項の抗告は、当該決定が取り消されるべきものと認めるに足りる十分な根拠がある場合に限り、これをすることができる。
<sup>art-450-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-2/par-2</sup>
A kokoku-appeal under Article 433, paragraph (1) against a ruling dismissing the immediate appeal under the preceding paragraph, or against a ruling under Article 448, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 450-5, paragraph (1) rendered by the appellate court before which the immediate appeal under the preceding Article (limited to one against a ruling under Article 446 or Article 447, paragraph (1)) is pending, may be filed only when there are sufficient grounds to find that the ruling should be rescinded.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  政府は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、遅滞なく、当該各号に定める事項を公表するものとする。
<sup>art-450-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-2/par-3</sup>
The government is to publicly announce, without delay, the matters specified in the relevant item when it falls under any of the following items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第四百四十四条の二第二項又は第四百四十八条第一項（第四百五十条の五第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による決定（最高裁判所がしたものを除く。）があつたとき　その旨並びに検察官が当該決定に対する即時抗告又は第四百三十三条第一項の抗告をしたかどうか及び当該即時抗告又は抗告をした場合におけるその理由
  <sup>art-450-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-2/par-3/item-1</sup>
  When a ruling under Article 444-2, paragraph (2) or Article 448, paragraph (1) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 450-5, paragraph (1)) (excluding one rendered by the Supreme Court) has been rendered: that fact, whether the public prosecutor has filed an immediate appeal against the ruling or a kokoku-appeal under Article 433, paragraph (1), and the grounds therefor if the public prosecutor has filed such an immediate appeal or kokoku-appeal;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第一項の即時抗告を棄却する決定があつたとき　その旨並びに検察官が当該決定に対する第四百三十三条第一項の抗告をしたかどうか及び当該抗告をした場合におけるその理由
  <sup>art-450-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-2/par-3/item-2</sup>
  When a ruling dismissing the immediate appeal under paragraph (1) has been rendered: that fact, whether the public prosecutor has filed a kokoku-appeal under Article 433, paragraph (1) against the ruling, and the grounds therefor if the public prosecutor has filed the kokoku-appeal.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百五十条の三
<sup>art-450-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-3</sup>

**第一項**  第四百四十七条第一項又は第四百四十八条第一項の規定による決定に対する即時抗告の提起期間は、第四百二十二条の規定にかかわらず、十四日とする。
<sup>art-450-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-3/par-1</sup>
The period for filing an immediate appeal against a ruling under Article 447, paragraph (1) or Article 448, paragraph (1) is 14 days, notwithstanding Article 422.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の即時抗告に係る抗告裁判所の決定に対する第四百三十三条第一項の抗告の提起期間は、同条第二項の規定にかかわらず、十四日とする。
<sup>art-450-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-3/par-2</sup>
The period for filing a kokoku-appeal under Article 433, paragraph (1) against a ruling of the appellate court pertaining to the immediate appeal under the preceding paragraph is 14 days, notwithstanding paragraph (2) of that Article.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百五十条の四
<sup>art-450-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-4</sup>

**第一項**  第四百四十四条の二第二項（第三号に係る部分を除く。）の規定による決定に対する即時抗告が係属する抗告裁判所は、当該即時抗告について調査しなければならない。
<sup>art-450-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-4/par-1</sup>
The appellate court before which an immediate appeal against a ruling under Article 444-2, paragraph (2) (excluding the part pertaining to item (iii)) is pending must investigate that immediate appeal.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の抗告裁判所は、第四十三条第三項の規定にかかわらず、事実の取調べをすることができない。
<sup>art-450-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-4/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding Article 43, paragraph (3), the appellate court set forth in the preceding paragraph may not conduct an examination of the facts.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の即時抗告が理由のあるときは、第四百二十六条第二項の規定にかかわらず、決定で、原決定を取り消して、事件を再審の請求を受けた裁判所に差し戻さなければならない。
<sup>art-450-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-4/par-3</sup>
When the immediate appeal under paragraph (1) has grounds, the appellate court must, notwithstanding Article 426, paragraph (2), rescind the original ruling by ruling and remand the case to the court that received the request for a retrial.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  前三項の規定は、第一項の即時抗告に係る抗告裁判所の決定に対する第四百三十三条第一項の抗告が係属する抗告裁判所について準用する。
<sup>art-450-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-4/par-4</sup>
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the appellate court before which a kokoku-appeal under Article 433, paragraph (1) against an appellate court ruling pertaining to the immediate appeal under paragraph (1) is pending.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百五十条の五
<sup>art-450-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-5</sup>

**第一項**  第四百四十五条第二項及び第三項、第四百四十五条の二、第四百四十五条の三、第四百四十五条の七（第一項を除く。）から第四百四十五条の九まで、第四百四十五条の十第四項並びに第四百四十六条から第四百四十八条までの規定は、第四百四十六条、第四百四十七条第一項又は第四百四十八条第一項の規定による決定に対する即時抗告が係属する抗告裁判所について準用する。この場合において、第四百四十五条の八第一項中「再審の請求」とあるのは、「即時抗告」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-450-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-5/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 445, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 445-2, Article 445-3, Articles 445-7 (excluding paragraph (1)) through 445-9, Article 445-10, paragraph (4) and Articles 446 through 448 apply mutatis mutandis to the appellate court before which an immediate appeal against a ruling under Article 446, Article 447, paragraph (1) or Article 448, paragraph (1) is pending. In this case, the phrase "request for a retrial" in Article 445-8, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "immediate appeal".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第四百四十五条第二項及び第三項、第四百四十五条の二第一項及び第二項、第四百四十五条の三第一項から第三項まで、第四百四十五条の十第四項並びに第四百四十六条から第四百四十八条までの規定は、前項の即時抗告に係る抗告裁判所の決定に対する第四百三十三条第一項の抗告が係属する抗告裁判所について準用する。
<sup>art-450-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-5/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 445, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 445-2, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 445-3, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 445-10, paragraph (4) and Articles 446 through 448 apply mutatis mutandis to the appellate court before which a kokoku-appeal under Article 433, paragraph (1) against an appellate court ruling pertaining to the immediate appeal under the preceding paragraph is pending.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百五十一条
<sup>art-451 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-451</sup>

**第一項**  裁判所は、再審開始の決定が確定した事件については、第四百四十九条の場合を除いては、その審級に従い、更に審判をしなければならない。
<sup>art-451/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-451/par-1</sup>
The court shall try cases for which a ruling to commence a retrial has become final and binding in accordance with its instance, except in the circumstances prescribed in Article 449.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court shall try cases for which commencement of a retrial has been determined in accordance with its instance, except in the circumstances prescribed in Article 449." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb</sup>

**第二項**  次の場合には、第三百十四条第一項本文及び第三百三十九条第一項第四号の規定は、前項の審判にこれを適用しない。
<sup>art-451/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-451/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the main text of paragraph (1) of Article 314, and item (iv) of paragraph (1) of Article 339 shall not apply to a trial as prescribed in the preceding paragraph when:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  死亡者又は回復の見込みがない心神喪失者のために再審の請求がされたとき。
  <sup>art-451/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-451/par-2/item-1</sup>
  The request for a retrial is made for a person who is deceased or a person in a state of insanity with no prospect for recovery; or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  有罪の言渡しを受けた者が、再審の判決がある前に、死亡し、又は心神喪失の状態に陥りその回復の見込みがないとき。
  <sup>art-451/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-451/par-2/item-2</sup>
  The person who has been found guilty dies or falls into a state of insanity with no prospect for recovery, before the judgment in the retrial.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前項の場合には、被告人の出頭がなくても、審判をすることができる。ただし、弁護人が出頭しなければ開廷することはできない。
<sup>art-451/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-451/par-3</sup>
In the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, the court may try the case in absence of the defendant; provided, however, that the trial cannot begin in absence of defense counsel.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  第二項の場合において、再審請求者が弁護人を選任しないときは、裁判長は、職権で弁護人を付さなければならない。
<sup>art-451/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-451/par-4</sup>
In the case set forth in paragraph (2), when the retrial requester has not appointed defense counsel, the presiding judge shall appoint defense counsel for the defendant ex officio.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四百五十二条
<sup>art-452 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-452</sup>

**第一項**  再審においては、原判決の刑より重い刑を言い渡すことはできない。
<sup>art-452/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-452/par-1</sup>
The court cannot render a heavier sentence on retrial than that rendered in the original judgment.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四百五十三条
<sup>art-453 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-453</sup>

**第一項**  再審において無罪の言渡をしたときは、官報及び新聞紙に掲載して、その判決を公示しなければならない。
<sup>art-453/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-453/par-1</sup>
When the defendant is acquitted on retrial, such judgment shall be made public in the Official Gazette and newspapers.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the accused is acquitted on retrial, such judgment shall be made public in the Official Gazette and newspapers." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb</sup>

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- art-441-2/par-2: 第三百十二条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十二条の二第一項 (Article 312-2, paragraph (1)), art-312-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-3/sec-1/from-art-307-3#art-312-2/par-1
- art-441-2/par-2: 第四百四条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四条 (Article 404), art-404 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-2/from-art-392#art-404
- art-441-2/par-2: 第二百九十九条の四第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第一項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (1)), art-299-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-3/sec-1/from-art-296#art-299-4/par-1
- art-441-2/par-2: 第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第三項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (3)), art-299-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-3/sec-1/from-art-296#art-299-4/par-3
- art-441-2/par-2: 第六項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第六項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (6)), art-299-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-3/sec-1/from-art-296#art-299-4/par-6
- art-441-2/par-2: 第八項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の四第八項 (Article 299-4, paragraph (8)), art-299-4/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-3/sec-1/from-art-296#art-299-4/par-8
- art-441-2/par-2: 第二百九十九条の五第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百九十九条の五第三項 (Article 299-5, paragraph (3)), art-299-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-3/sec-1/from-art-299-5#art-299-5/par-3
- art-441-2/par-2: 第四百十四条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百十四条 (Article 414), art-414 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-3#art-414
- art-442/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十二条第一項 (Article 442, paragraph (1)), art-442/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-442/par-1
- art-442/par-2: 刑法第十一条第二項 → 刑法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-11/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045)
- art-444/par-1: 第三百六十六条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百六十六条 (Article 366), art-366 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-366
- art-444-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第一項 (Article 444-2, paragraph (1)), art-444-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-1
- art-444-2/par-2/item-1/sub-3: 第四百四十一条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十一条の二第一項 (Article 441-2, paragraph (1)), art-441-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-441-2/par-1
- art-444-2/par-2/item-1/sub-3: 第四百三十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十五条 (Article 435), art-435 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-435
- art-444-2/par-2/item-1/sub-3: 第四百三十六条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十六条第一項 (Article 436, paragraph (1)), art-436/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-436/par-1
- art-444-2/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項第一号 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-444-2/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-1
- art-444-2/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項第二号 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-444-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-2
- art-444-2/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2)), art-444-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2
- art-444-2/par-3: 第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項第二号 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-444-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-2
- art-444-2/par-4: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第三項 (Article 444-2, paragraph (3)), art-444-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-3
- art-444-2/par-4: 刑法第十一条第二項 → 刑法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-11/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045)
- art-445-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の二第一項 (Article 445-2, paragraph (1)), art-445-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2/par-1
- art-445-2/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の二第一項 (Article 445-2, paragraph (1)), art-445-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2/par-1
- art-445-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の二第一項 (Article 445-2, paragraph (1)), art-445-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2/par-1
- art-445-3/par-2: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の二第一項 (Article 445-2, paragraph (1)), art-445-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2/par-1
- art-445-3/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の三第一項 (Article 445-3, paragraph (1)), art-445-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-1
- art-445-3/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の三第二項 (Article 445-3, paragraph (2)), art-445-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-2
- art-445-3/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の三第一項 (Article 445-3, paragraph (1)), art-445-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-1
- art-445-3/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の三第二項 (Article 445-3, paragraph (2)), art-445-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-2
- art-445-3/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の三第三項 (Article 445-3, paragraph (3)), art-445-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-3
- art-445-3/par-4: 前条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の二第三項 (Article 445-2, paragraph (3)), art-445-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2/par-3
- art-445-5/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の四 (Article 445-4), art-445-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-4
- art-445-5/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の五第一項第一号 (Article 445-5, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-445-5/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-5/par-1/item-1
- art-445-5/par-1/item-2: 第二百八十一条の四第一項第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百八十一条の四第一項第二号 (Article 281-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-281-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-3/sec-1/from-art-281-3#art-281-4/par-1/item-2
- art-445-5/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の五第一項 (Article 445-5, paragraph (1)), art-445-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-5/par-1
- art-445-6/par-1: 第四百四十五条の四 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の四 (Article 445-4), art-445-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-4
- art-445-6/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の五第一項 (Article 445-5, paragraph (1)), art-445-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-5/par-1
- art-445-6/par-2: 第四百四十五条の四 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の四 (Article 445-4), art-445-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-4
- art-445-6/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の六第一項 (Article 445-6, paragraph (1)), art-445-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-6/par-1
- art-445-7/par-1: 第四百三十九条第一項第三号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十九条第一項第三号 (Article 439, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-439/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439/par-1/item-3
- art-445-7/par-2: この条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の七 (Article 445-7), art-445-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-7
- art-445-8/par-1: この条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の八 (Article 445-8), art-445-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-8
- art-445-8/par-3: 前条第五項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の七第五項 (Article 445-7, paragraph (5)), art-445-7/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-7/par-5
- art-445-10/par-1: 第四百三十九条第一項第二号から第四号まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十九条第一項第二号 (Article 439, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-439/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439/par-1/item-2
- art-445-10/par-1: 第四百三十九条第一項第二号から第四号まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十九条第一項第三号 (Article 439, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-439/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439/par-1/item-3
- art-445-10/par-1: 第四百三十九条第一項第二号から第四号まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十九条第一項第四号 (Article 439, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-439/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-435#art-439/par-1/item-4
- art-445-10/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の十第一項 (Article 445-10, paragraph (1)), art-445-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-445-10/par-1
- art-445-10/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の十第一項 (Article 445-10, paragraph (1)), art-445-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-445-10/par-1
- art-445-10/par-3: 第四百三十三条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十三条第一項 (Article 433, paragraph (1)), art-433/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-433/par-1
- art-445-10/par-4: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の十第二項 (Article 445-10, paragraph (2)), art-445-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-445-10/par-2
- art-447/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十七条第一項 (Article 447, paragraph (1)), art-447/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-447/par-1
- art-448/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十八条第一項 (Article 448, paragraph (1)), art-448/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448/par-1
- art-448/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十八条第二項 (Article 448, paragraph (2)), art-448/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448/par-2
- art-448/par-3: 刑法第十一条第二項 → 刑法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-11/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045)
- art-450/par-1: 第四百四十四条の二第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2)), art-444-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2
- art-450/par-1: 第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項第一号 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-444-2/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-1
- art-450/par-1: 第四百四十六条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十六条 (Article 446), art-446 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-446
- art-450/par-1: 第四百四十七条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十七条第一項 (Article 447, paragraph (1)), art-447/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-447/par-1
- art-450/par-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十九条第一項 (Article 449, paragraph (1)), art-449/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-449/par-1
- art-450-2/par-1: 第四百四十四条の二第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2)), art-444-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2
- art-450-2/par-1: 第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項第二号 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-444-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-2
- art-450-2/par-1: 第三項第一号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の二第三項第一号 (Article 450-2, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-450-2/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-2/par-3/item-1
- art-450-2/par-1: 第四百四十八条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十八条第一項 (Article 448, paragraph (1)), art-448/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448/par-1
- art-450-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の二第一項 (Article 450-2, paragraph (1)), art-450-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-2/par-1
- art-450-2/par-2: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条 (Article 450), art-450 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450
- art-450-2/par-2: 第四百四十六条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十六条 (Article 446), art-446 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-446
- art-450-2/par-2: 第四百四十七条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十七条第一項 (Article 447, paragraph (1)), art-447/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-447/par-1
- art-450-2/par-2: 第四百五十条の五第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の五第一項 (Article 450-5, paragraph (1)), art-450-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-5/par-1
- art-450-2/par-2: 第四百四十八条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十八条第一項 (Article 448, paragraph (1)), art-448/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448/par-1
- art-450-2/par-2: 第四百三十三条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十三条第一項 (Article 433, paragraph (1)), art-433/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-433/par-1
- art-450-2/par-3/item-1: 第四百四十四条の二第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2)), art-444-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2
- art-450-2/par-3/item-1: 第四百四十八条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十八条第一項 (Article 448, paragraph (1)), art-448/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448/par-1
- art-450-2/par-3/item-1: 第四百五十条の五第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の五第一項 (Article 450-5, paragraph (1)), art-450-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-5/par-1
- art-450-2/par-3/item-1: 第四百三十三条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十三条第一項 (Article 433, paragraph (1)), art-433/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-433/par-1
- art-450-2/par-3/item-2: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の二第一項 (Article 450-2, paragraph (1)), art-450-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-2/par-1
- art-450-2/par-3/item-2: 第四百三十三条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十三条第一項 (Article 433, paragraph (1)), art-433/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-433/par-1
- art-450-3/par-1: 第四百四十七条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十七条第一項 (Article 447, paragraph (1)), art-447/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-447/par-1
- art-450-3/par-1: 第四百四十八条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十八条第一項 (Article 448, paragraph (1)), art-448/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448/par-1
- art-450-3/par-1: 第四百二十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百二十二条 (Article 422), art-422 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-422
- art-450-3/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の三第一項 (Article 450-3, paragraph (1)), art-450-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-3/par-1
- art-450-3/par-2: 第四百三十三条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十三条第一項 (Article 433, paragraph (1)), art-433/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-433/par-1
- art-450-3/par-2: 同条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十三条第二項 (Article 433, paragraph (2)), art-433/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-433/par-2
- art-450-4/par-1: 第四百四十四条の二第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2)), art-444-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2
- art-450-4/par-1: 第三号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十四条の二第二項第三号 (Article 444-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-444-2/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-444-2/par-2/item-3
- art-450-4/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の四第一項 (Article 450-4, paragraph (1)), art-450-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-4/par-1
- art-450-4/par-2: 第四十三条第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-1/ch-5#art-43/par-3
- art-450-4/par-3: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の四第一項 (Article 450-4, paragraph (1)), art-450-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-4/par-1
- art-450-4/par-3: 第四百二十六条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百二十六条第二項 (Article 426, paragraph (2)), art-426/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-426/par-2
- art-450-4/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の四第一項 (Article 450-4, paragraph (1)), art-450-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-4/par-1
- art-450-4/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の四第二項 (Article 450-4, paragraph (2)), art-450-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-4/par-2
- art-450-4/par-4: 前三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の四第三項 (Article 450-4, paragraph (3)), art-450-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-4/par-3
- art-450-4/par-4: 第四百三十三条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十三条第一項 (Article 433, paragraph (1)), art-433/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-433/par-1
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十五条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条第二項 (Article 445, paragraph (2)), art-445/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445/par-2
- art-450-5/par-1: 第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条第三項 (Article 445, paragraph (3)), art-445/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445/par-3
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十五条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の二 (Article 445-2), art-445-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十五条の三 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の三 (Article 445-3), art-445-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十五条の七 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の七 (Article 445-7), art-445-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-7
- art-450-5/par-1: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の七第一項 (Article 445-7, paragraph (1)), art-445-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-7/par-1
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十五条の九 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の九 (Article 445-9), art-445-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-9
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十五条の十第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の十第四項 (Article 445-10, paragraph (4)), art-445-10/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-445-10/par-4
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十六条から第四百四十八条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十六条 (Article 446), art-446 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-446
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十六条から第四百四十八条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十七条 (Article 447), art-447 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-447
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十六条から第四百四十八条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十八条 (Article 448), art-448 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十七条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十七条第一項 (Article 447, paragraph (1)), art-447/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-447/par-1
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十八条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十八条第一項 (Article 448, paragraph (1)), art-448/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448/par-1
- art-450-5/par-1: 第四百四十五条の八第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の八第一項 (Article 445-8, paragraph (1)), art-445-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-8/par-1
- art-450-5/par-2: 第四百四十五条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条第二項 (Article 445, paragraph (2)), art-445/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445/par-2
- art-450-5/par-2: 第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条第三項 (Article 445, paragraph (3)), art-445/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445/par-3
- art-450-5/par-2: 第四百四十五条の二第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の二第一項 (Article 445-2, paragraph (1)), art-445-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2/par-1
- art-450-5/par-2: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の二第二項 (Article 445-2, paragraph (2)), art-445-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-2/par-2
- art-450-5/par-2: 第四百四十五条の三第一項から第三項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の三第一項 (Article 445-3, paragraph (1)), art-445-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-1
- art-450-5/par-2: 第四百四十五条の三第一項から第三項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の三第二項 (Article 445-3, paragraph (2)), art-445-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-2
- art-450-5/par-2: 第四百四十五条の三第一項から第三項まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の三第三項 (Article 445-3, paragraph (3)), art-445-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-444-2#art-445-3/par-3
- art-450-5/par-2: 第四百四十五条の十第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十五条の十第四項 (Article 445-10, paragraph (4)), art-445-10/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-445-10/par-4
- art-450-5/par-2: 第四百四十六条から第四百四十八条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十六条 (Article 446), art-446 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-446
- art-450-5/par-2: 第四百四十六条から第四百四十八条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十七条 (Article 447), art-447 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-447
- art-450-5/par-2: 第四百四十六条から第四百四十八条まで → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十八条 (Article 448), art-448 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-448
- art-450-5/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十条の五第一項 (Article 450-5, paragraph (1)), art-450-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-450-5/par-1
- art-450-5/par-2: 第四百三十三条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十三条第一項 (Article 433, paragraph (1)), art-433/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-3/ch-4#art-433/par-1
- art-451/par-1: 第四百四十九条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四十九条 (Article 449), art-449 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-449
- art-451/par-2: 第三百十四条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百十四条第一項 (Article 314, paragraph (1)), art-314/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-3/sec-1/from-art-307-3#art-314/par-1
- art-451/par-2: 第三百三十九条第一項第四号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百三十九条第一項第四号 (Article 339, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-339/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-2/ch-3/sec-5/from-art-329#art-339/par-1/item-4
- art-451/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十一条第一項 (Article 451, paragraph (1)), art-451/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-451/par-1
- art-451/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十一条第二項 (Article 451, paragraph (2)), art-451/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-451/par-2
- art-451/par-4: 第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五十一条第二項 (Article 451, paragraph (2)), art-451/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/pt-4/from-art-445-10#art-451/par-2

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