# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百六十三条の二 (Article 463-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463-2. 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: 第四百六十三条の二 (Article 463-2) — address `art-463-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463-2 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四百六十三条の二 art-463-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463-2 **第一項** 前条の場合を除いて、略式命令の請求があつた日から四箇月以内に略式命令が被告人に告知されないときは、公訴の提起は、さかのぼつてその効力を失う。 art-463-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463-2/par-1 Except for the circumstances set forth in the preceding Article, when the defendant has not been notified of a summary order within four months from the date that the request for said summary order was filed, institution of prosecution shall lose effect retroactively. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Except for the circumstances set forth in the preceding Article, when the accused has not been notified of a summary order within four months from the date that the request for said summary order was filed, institution of prosecution shall lose effect retroactively." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb **第二項** 前項の場合には、裁判所は、決定で、公訴を棄却しなければならない。略式命令が既に検察官に告知されているときは、略式命令を取り消した上、その決定をしなければならない。 art-463-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463-2/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court shall render a ruling to dismiss prosecution. In cases where a public prosecutor has already been notified of a summary order, the court shall rescind the summary order and rule for a dismissal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-463-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463-2/par-3 An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling as prescribed in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-463-2/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十三条 (Article 463), art-463 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463 - art-463-2/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十三条の二第一項 (Article 463-2, paragraph (1)), art-463-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463-2/par-1 - art-463-2/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十三条の二第二項 (Article 463-2, paragraph (2)), art-463-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463-2/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十三条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463-2/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百六十三条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-463-2/par-3 --- ## 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 463-2, 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 — 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