# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百七十七条 (Article 377) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-377. 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: 第三百七十七条 (Article 377) — address `art-377` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-377 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百七十七条 art-377 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-377 **第一項** 左の事由があることを理由として控訴の申立をした場合には、控訴趣意書に、その事由があることの充分な証明をすることができる旨の検察官又は弁護人の保証書を添附しなければならない。 art-377/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-377/par-1 When an appeal to the court of second instance has been filed based on one of the grounds listed in the following items, the statement of the reasons for appeal shall be accompanied by a written guarantee from the public prosecutor or defense counsel which indicates that there is sufficient proof of the existence of the items: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When an appeal to the court of second instance has been filed based on one of the grounds listed in the following items, the statement of the reasons for appeal shall be accompanied by a written guarantee from the public prosecutor or counsel which indicates that there is sufficient proof of the existence of the items:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb **一** 法律に従つて判決裁判所を構成しなかつたこと。 art-377/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-377/par-1/item-1 The court that rendered the judgment was not configured in accordance with law; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 法令により判決に関与することができない裁判官が判決に関与したこと。 art-377/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-377/par-1/item-2 A judge who cannot take part in a judgment in accordance with laws and regulations took part in the judgment; or Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A judge who cannot take part in a judgment in accordance with laws and regulations took part in the judgment or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb **三** 審判の公開に関する規定に違反したこと。 art-377/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-377/par-1/item-3 There was a violation of legal provisions pertaining to the trial being open to the public. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百七十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-379/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-384/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十六条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-386/par-1/item-3 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-392/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-396/par-1 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-397/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Code of Criminal Procedure, written 2026-11-06 - 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 377, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure (刑事訴訟法), Article 377, paragraph (1), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb), 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/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