# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百十八条 (Article 418)

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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: 第四百十八条 (Article 418) — address `art-418`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第四百十八条
<sup>art-418 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-418</sup>

  **第一項**  上告裁判所の判決は、宣告があつた日から第四百十五条の期間を経過したとき、又はその期間内に同条第一項の申立があつた場合には訂正の判決若しくは申立を棄却する決定があつたときに、確定する。
  <sup>art-418/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-418/par-1</sup>
  The judgment of the final appellate court shall become final and binding when the period prescribed in Article 415 has elapsed since the date said judgment was rendered or when a request as prescribed in paragraph (1) of the same Article has been made within that period and a judgment for amendment or a ruling for dismissal of the request has been pronounced.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-418/par-1: 第四百十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百十五条 (Article 415), art-415 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-415
- art-418/par-1: 同条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百十五条第一項 (Article 415, paragraph (1)), art-415/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-415/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