# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百二条の二 (Article 402-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2. 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: 第四百二条の二 (Article 402-2) — address `art-402-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四百二条の二 art-402-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2 **第一項** 控訴裁判所は、拘禁刑以上の刑に当たる罪で起訴されている被告人であつて、保釈又は勾留の執行停止をされているものが判決を宣告する公判期日に出頭しないときは、次に掲げる判決以外の判決を宣告することができない。ただし、第三百九十条の二ただし書に規定する場合であつて、刑の執行のためその者を収容するのに困難を生ずるおそれがないと認めるときは、この限りでない。 art-402-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-1 When a defendant who has been indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment or a heavier sentence and who has been granted bail or suspension of execution of detention does not appear on the trial date on which the judgment is to be pronounced, the court of second instance may not pronounce any judgment other than the following judgments; provided, however, that this does not apply in the case prescribed in the proviso to Article 390-2 when it finds that there is no risk of difficulty arising in confining that person for the execution of the sentence. machine translation, not official **一** 無罪、免訴、刑の免除、公訴棄却又は管轄違いの言渡しをした原判決に対する控訴を棄却する判決 art-402-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-1/item-1 A judgment dismissing an appeal against the original judgment that rendered acquittal, dismissal by a bar to prosecution, exculpation, dismissal of prosecution or jurisdictional incompetence; machine translation, not official **二** 事件を原裁判所に差し戻し、又は管轄裁判所に移送する判決 art-402-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-1/item-2 A judgment remanding the case to the ruling court or transferring it to the competent court of jurisdiction; machine translation, not official **三** 無罪、免訴、刑の免除又は公訴棄却の言渡しをする判決 art-402-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-1/item-3 A judgment rendering acquittal, dismissal by a bar to prosecution, exculpation or dismissal of prosecution. machine translation, not official **第二項** 拘禁刑以上の刑に当たる罪で起訴されている被告人であつて、保釈又は勾留の執行停止を取り消されたものが勾留されていないときも、前項本文と同様とする。ただし、被告人が逃亡していることにより勾留することが困難であると見込まれる場合において、次に掲げる判決について、速やかに宣告する必要があると認めるときは、この限りでない。 art-402-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-2 The same as the main clause of the preceding paragraph also applies when a defendant who has been indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment or a heavier sentence and whose bail or suspension of execution of detention has been rescinded is not detained; provided, however, that this does not apply when it finds, in a case where it is expected to be difficult to detain the defendant because the defendant has fled, that it is necessary to promptly pronounce any of the following judgments. machine translation, not official **一** 公職選挙法（昭和二十五年法律第百号）第二百五十三条の二第一項に規定する刑事事件について、有罪の言渡し（刑の免除の言渡しを除く。以下この号において同じ。）をする判決又は有罪の言渡しをした原判決に対する控訴を棄却する判決 art-402-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-2/item-1 A judgment finding guilty (excluding a rendition of exculpation; the same applies hereinafter in this item) in a criminal case prescribed in Article 253-2, paragraph (1) of the Public Offices Election Act (Act No. 100 of 1950), or a judgment dismissing an appeal against the original judgment that found guilty; machine translation, not official **二** 組織的犯罪処罰法第十三条第三項の規定による犯罪被害財産の没収若しくは組織的犯罪処罰法第十六条第二項の規定による犯罪被害財産の価額の追徴の言渡しをする判決又はこれらの言渡しをした原判決に対する控訴を棄却する判決 art-402-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-2/item-2 A judgment rendering confiscation of crime victim property under Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Organized Crime Punishment Act or collection of the value of crime victim property under Article 16, paragraph (2) of the Organized Crime Punishment Act, or a judgment dismissing an appeal against the original judgment that rendered either of these. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-402-2/par-1: 第三百九十条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十条の二 (Article 390-2), art-390-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-390-2 - art-402-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百二条の二第一項 (Article 402-2, paragraph (1)), art-402-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-1 - art-402-2/par-2/item-1: 公職選挙法（昭和二十五年法律第百号）第二百五十三条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第二百五十三条の二第一項 (Article 253-2, paragraph (1)), art-253-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-402-2/par-2/item-1: この号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百二条の二第二項第一号 (Article 402-2, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-402-2/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-2/item-1 - art-402-2/par-2/item-2: 組織的犯罪処罰法第十三条第三項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000136, 第十三条第三項 (Article 13, paragraph (3)), art-13/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-402-2/par-2/item-2: 組織的犯罪処罰法第十六条第二項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000136, 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第四百二条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百二条の二第二項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-402-2/par-2/item-1 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第八条第二項（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-2 - 刑事訴訟法 附則第八条第七項（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-7 --- ## 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-20261106T054114-014, 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