# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百八十三条 (Article 383)

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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: 第三百八十三条 (Article 383) — address `art-383`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三百八十三条
<sup>art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-383</sup>

  **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を疎明する資料を添附しなければならない。
  <sup>art-383/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-383/par-1</sup>
  When an appeal to the court of second instance has been filed on the grounds listed in the following items, the statement of the reasons for appeal shall be accompanied by material which makes prima facie showing of the existence of the grounds of one of those items:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  再審の請求をすることができる場合にあたる事由があること。
    <sup>art-383/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-383/par-1/item-1</sup>
    There are grounds on which it is possible to request a retrial; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  判決があつた後に刑の廃止若しくは変更又は大赦があつたこと。
    <sup>art-383/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-383/par-1/item-2</sup>
    There was abolition or a change of punishment or a general pardon was granted after the judgment was rendered.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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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
- 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
