# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百四十二条の四 (Article 342-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第三百四十二条の四 (Article 342-4) — address `art-342-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百四十二条の四 art-342-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4 **第一項** 裁判所は、前条の請求があつた場合において、本邦から出国することを許すべき特別の事情があると認めるときは、決定で、国外にいることができる期間を指定して、第三百四十二条の二の許可をすることができる。ただし、出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号。以下「入管法」という。）第四十条（入管法第四十四条の四第四項において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する収容令書若しくは入管法第五十一条に規定する退去強制令書の発付を受けている者又は入管法第四十四条の二第七項に規定する被監理者については、この限りでない。 art-342-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4/par-1 When a request under the preceding Article has been made, if the court finds that there are special circumstances that justify permitting departure from Japan, it may, by ruling, designate the period during which the person may be outside Japan and grant the permission under Article 342-2; provided, however, that this does not apply to a person for whom a written detention order prescribed in Article 40 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951; hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act") (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (4) of the Immigration Control Act) or a written deportation order prescribed in Article 51 of the Immigration Control Act has been issued, or to a person under supervision measures prescribed in Article 44-2, paragraph (7) of the Immigration Control Act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 裁判所は、前項本文に規定する特別の事情の有無を判断するに当たつては、第三百四十二条の二の許可がされた場合に拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決の宣告を受けた者が同項の規定により指定する期間内に本邦に帰国せず又は上陸しないこととなるおそれの程度のほか、本邦から出国することができないことによりその者が受ける不利益の程度その他の事情を考慮するものとする。 art-342-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4/par-2 In determining whether there are special circumstances prescribed in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, the court is to take into consideration the extent of the risk that, where the permission under Article 342-2 is granted, a person who has received the pronouncement of a judgment to impose imprisonment or a greater punishment will not return to Japan or land in Japan within the period designated under the preceding paragraph, as well as the extent of the disadvantage to be incurred by that person due to being unable to leave Japan, and other circumstances. machine translation, not official **第三項** 裁判所は、前条の請求について決定をするときは、検察官の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-342-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4/par-3 If a court makes a ruling for the request under the preceding Article, the court must hear the opinion of the public prosecutor. machine translation, not official **第四項** 裁判所は、必要と認めるときは、第一項本文の期間を延長することができる。 art-342-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4/par-4 The court may extend the period under the main clause of paragraph (1) if it finds it necessary. machine translation, not official **第五項** 裁判所は、第三百四十二条の二の許可を受けた者について、国外にいることができる期間として指定された期間（以下「指定期間」という。）の終期まで国外にいる必要がなくなつたと認めるときは、当該指定期間を短縮することができる。 art-342-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4/par-5 When the court finds, with regard to a person who has received the permission under Article 342-2, that it is no longer necessary for the person to be outside Japan until the end of the period designated as the period during which the person may be outside Japan (hereinafter referred to as the "designated period"), the court may shorten that designated period. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-342-4/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の三 (Article 342-3), art-342-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-3 - art-342-4/par-1: 第三百四十二条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の二 (Article 342-2), art-342-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-2 - art-342-4/par-1: 出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号。以下「入管法」という。）第四十条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第四十条 (Article 40), art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-40 (e-Gov law ID 326CO0000000319) - art-342-4/par-1: 入管法第四十四条の四第四項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第四十四条の四第四項 (Article 44-4, paragraph (4)), art-44-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-44-4/par-4 (e-Gov law ID 326CO0000000319) - art-342-4/par-1: 入管法第五十一条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-51 (e-Gov law ID 326CO0000000319) - art-342-4/par-1: 入管法第四十四条の二第七項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第四十四条の二第七項 (Article 44-2, paragraph (7)), art-44-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-44-2/par-7 (e-Gov law ID 326CO0000000319) - art-342-4/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の四第一項 (Article 342-4, paragraph (1)), art-342-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4/par-1 - art-342-4/par-2: 第三百四十二条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の二 (Article 342-2), art-342-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-2 - art-342-4/par-3: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の三 (Article 342-3), art-342-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-3 - art-342-4/par-4: 第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の四第一項 (Article 342-4, paragraph (1)), art-342-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4/par-1 - art-342-4/par-5: 第三百四十二条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の二 (Article 342-2), art-342-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-2 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の四第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4/par-4 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-5/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十五条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-345-3/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百八十三条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-483-2/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-2/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-4/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第六条第一項（出国制限に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-6/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第八条第三項（刑事訴訟法に係る拘禁刑に関する経過措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-8/par-3 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第八条第五項（刑事訴訟法に係る拘禁刑に関する経過措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-8/par-5 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-012, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-013, translated 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