# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百二十三条 (Article 423) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-423. 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: 第四百二十三条 (Article 423) — address `art-423` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-423 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四百二十三条 art-423 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-423 **第一項** 抗告をするには、申立書を原裁判所に差し出さなければならない。 art-423/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-423/par-1 In order to file a kokoku-appeal against a ruling, a written application shall be submitted to the ruling court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 原裁判所は、抗告を理由があるものと認めるときは、決定を更正しなければならない。抗告の全部又は一部を理由がないと認めるときは、申立書を受け取つた日から三日以内に意見書を添えて、これを抗告裁判所に送付しなければならない。 art-423/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-423/par-2 The ruling court shall correct its ruling when it finds that there are grounds for appeal. It shall send the written application, along with its written opinion thereon, to the appellate court within three days of having received such written application when it believes that there are no grounds for appeal in whole or in part. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The ruling court shall correct its ruling when it finds that there are grounds for appeal. It shall send the written application, along with its written opinion thereon, to the appellate court within three days of having received such the written application when it believes that there are no grounds for appeal in whole or in part." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-434/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 423, 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 - 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