# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百四十二条の八 (Article 342-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8. 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: 第三百四十二条の八 (Article 342-8) — address `art-342-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百四十二条の八 art-342-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8 **第一項** 裁判所は、拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決の宣告を受けた被告人が第三百四十二条の二の許可を受けないで本邦から出国し若しくは出国しようとしたとき、同条の許可を受けた被告人について前条第二項の規定により当該許可が取り消されたとき、又は第三百四十二条の二の許可を受けた被告人が正当な理由がなく指定期間内に本邦に帰国せず若しくは上陸しなかつたときは、検察官の請求により、又は職権で、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することができる。 art-342-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8/par-1 When a defendant who has received the pronouncement of a judgment to impose imprisonment or a greater punishment has left or attempted to leave Japan without receiving the permission under Article 342-2, when that permission has been rescinded under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article with regard to a defendant who has received the permission under that Article, or if a defendant who has received the permission under Article 342-2 does not, without justifiable grounds, return to or land in Japan within the designated period, the court may, upon the request of the public prosecutor or ex officio, make the ruling specified in each of the following items according to the category of cases set forth in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 当該被告人について勾留状が発せられていない場合　勾留する決定 art-342-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8/par-1/item-1 where no detention warrant has been issued with regard to the defendant: a ruling to detain; machine translation, not official **二** 当該被告人が保釈されている場合　保釈を取り消す決定 art-342-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8/par-1/item-2 where the defendant has been released on bail: a ruling to rescind bail; machine translation, not official **三** 当該被告人が勾留の執行停止をされている場合　勾留の執行停止を取り消す決定 art-342-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8/par-1/item-3 where the execution of detention of the defendant has been suspended: a ruling to rescind the suspension of execution of detention. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定により保釈を取り消す場合には、裁判所は、決定で、保証金の全部又は一部を没取することができる。 art-342-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8/par-2 When rescinding bail under the preceding paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)), the court may, by ruling, forfeit all or part of the bail bond. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-342-8/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-342-8/par-1: 前条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の七第二項 (Article 342-7, paragraph (2)), art-342-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-7/par-2 - art-342-8/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の八第一項 (Article 342-8, paragraph (1)), art-342-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8/par-1 - art-342-8/par-2: 第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の八第一項第二号 (Article 342-8, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-342-8/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-8/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 第四百三条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-403-3/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百三条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-403-4/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-469/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十二条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-492-2/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-20261106T054114-013, 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