# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百八十二条 (Article 482)

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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
- 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: 第四百八十二条 (Article 482) — address `art-482`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482
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### 第四百八十二条
<sup>art-482 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482</sup>

  **第一項**  拘禁刑又は拘留の言渡しを受けた者について次に掲げる事由があるときは、刑の言渡しをした裁判所に対応する検察庁の検察官又は刑の言渡しを受けた者の現在地を管轄する地方検察庁の検察官の指揮によつて執行を停止することができる。
  <sup>art-482/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482/par-1</sup>
  Where there are any of the following reasons for a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or penal detention, execution of the sentence may be suspended at the direction of the public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office which corresponds to the sentencing court or at the direction of the public prosecutor of the local public prosecutor's office which has jurisdiction over the present location of the sentenced person:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  刑の執行によつて、著しく健康を害するとき、又は生命を保つことのできないおそれがあるとき。
    <sup>art-482/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482/par-1/item-1</sup>
    Execution of the sentence is likely to seriously damage the health of the person or it is feared that the person would not be able to survive its execution;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  年齢七十年以上であるとき。
    <sup>art-482/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482/par-1/item-2</sup>
    The person is 70 years of age or older;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  受胎後百五十日以上であるとき。
    <sup>art-482/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482/par-1/item-3</sup>
    The person is 150 days pregnant or more;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  出産後六十日を経過しないとき。
    <sup>art-482/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482/par-1/item-4</sup>
    It is less than 60 days since the person gave birth;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  刑の執行によつて回復することのできない不利益を生ずるおそれがあるとき。
    <sup>art-482/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482/par-1/item-5</sup>
    It is feared that irrevocable harm will be caused due to execution of the sentence.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **六**  祖父母又は父母が年齢七十年以上又は重病若しくは不具で、他にこれを保護する親族がないとき。
    <sup>art-482/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482/par-1/item-6</sup>
    The person's grandparents or parents are 70 years of age or older, seriously ill or disabled, and there are no other relatives who can take care of them;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **七**  子又は孫が幼年で、他にこれを保護する親族がないとき。
    <sup>art-482/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482/par-1/item-7</sup>
    The person's child or grandchild is an infant and there are no other relatives who can take care of him/her;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **八**  その他重大な事由があるとき。
    <sup>art-482/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-482/par-1/item-8</sup>
    There are other significant reasons.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-015, translated 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