# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百六十一条 (Article 461)

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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: 第四百六十一条 (Article 461) — address `art-461`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第四百六十一条
<sup>art-461 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-461</sup>

**第一項**  簡易裁判所は、検察官の請求により、その管轄に属する事件について、公判前、略式命令で、百万円以下の罰金又は科料を科することができる。この場合には、刑の執行猶予をし、没収を科し、その他付随の処分をすることができる。
<sup>art-461/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-461/par-1</sup>
Upon the request of the public prosecutor and based on a summary order, the summary court may impose a fine or petty fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen before the trial, for cases under its jurisdiction. In this case, the summary court can suspend the sentence, order a confiscation, or take other supplementary measures.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 少年法 第六十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-68/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000168)

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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
