# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百三条の二 (Article 403-2)

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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: 第四百三条の二 (Article 403-2) — address `art-403-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第四百三条の二
<sup>art-403-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-403-2</sup>

  **第一項**  即決裁判手続においてされた判決に対する控訴の申立ては、第三百八十四条の規定にかかわらず、当該判決の言渡しにおいて示された罪となるべき事実について第三百八十二条に規定する事由があることを理由としては、これをすることができない。
  <sup>art-403-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-403-2/par-1</sup>
  An appeal against a judgment rendered in expedited trial proceedings may not be filed on the grounds that there are grounds as prescribed in Article 382 with regard to the facts constituting the crime indicated in the rendered judgment, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 384.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "An appeal against a judgment rendered in speedy trial procedure may not be filed on grounds as prescribed in Article 382 for which the relevant facts are probative of the crime indicated in the rendered judgment , notwithstanding the provisions of Article 384." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  原裁判所が即決裁判手続によつて判決をした事件については、第三百九十七条第一項の規定にかかわらず、控訴裁判所は、当該判決の言渡しにおいて示された罪となるべき事実について第三百八十二条に規定する事由があることを理由としては、原判決を破棄することができない。
  <sup>art-403-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-403-2/par-2</sup>
  The court of second instance may not reverse a judgment rendered in expedited trial proceedings on the grounds that there are grounds as prescribed in Article 382 with regard to the facts constituting the crime indicated in the rendered judgment, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 397.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court of second instance may not reverse a judgment rendered in speedy trial procedure on grounds as prescribed in Article 382 for which the relevant facts are probative of the crime indicated in the rendered judgment, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 397." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-403-2/par-1: 第三百八十四条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十四条 (Article 384), art-384 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-384
- art-403-2/par-1: 第三百八十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十二条 (Article 382), art-382 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382
- art-403-2/par-2: 第三百九十七条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百九十七条第一項 (Article 397, paragraph (1)), art-397/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-397/par-1
- art-403-2/par-2: 第三百八十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十二条 (Article 382), art-382 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-382

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## 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 403-2, 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 403-2, paragraph (2) — 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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06