# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百九十二条 (Article 492)

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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: 第四百九十二条 (Article 492) — address `art-492`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第四百九十二条
<sup>art-492 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-492</sup>

  **第一項**  法人に対して罰金、科料、没収又は追徴を言い渡した場合に、その法人が判決の確定した後合併によつて消滅したときは、合併の後存続する法人又は合併によつて設立された法人に対して執行することができる。
  <sup>art-492/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-492/par-1</sup>
  When a juridical person has been sentenced to a fine, petty fine, confiscation or collection of a sum of equivalent value in lieu of confiscation, and that juridical person is dissolved in a merger or consolidation after the decision becomes final and binding, the sentence may be executed on the juridical person that survives the merger or on the juridical person created in the consolidation.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a juridical person has been sentenced to a fine, petty fine or collection of a sum of equivalent value in lieu of confiscation, and that juridical person is dissolved in a merger or consolidation after the decision becomes final and binding, the sentence may be executed on the company that survives the merger or on the consolidated company created in the consolidation." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb</sup>

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## 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 492, 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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06