# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第二百六十九条 (Article 269)

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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: 第二百六十九条 (Article 269) — address `art-269`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第二百六十九条
<sup>art-269 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-269</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判所は、第二百六十二条第一項の請求を棄却する場合又はその請求の取下があつた場合には、決定で、請求者に、その請求に関する手続によつて生じた費用の全部又は一部の賠償を命ずることができる。この決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
  <sup>art-269/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-269/par-1</sup>
  The court may, where the request set forth in Article 262, paragraph (1) is dismissed or withdrawn, order the person who made the request to compensate the whole or part of the costs arising from the procedures regarding the request on a ruling. An immediate appeal may be filed against such ruling.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-269/par-1: 第二百六十二条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十二条第一項 (Article 262, paragraph (1)), art-262/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-262/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 刑事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-10-20 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20261020_508AC0000000067), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06