# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百九十三条 (Article 493)

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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: 第四百九十三条 (Article 493) — address `art-493`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第四百九十三条
<sup>art-493 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-493</sup>

  **第一項**  第一審と第二審とにおいて、仮納付の裁判があつた場合に、第一審の仮納付の裁判について既に執行があつたときは、その執行は、これを第二審の仮納付の裁判で納付を命ぜられた金額の限度において、第二審の仮納付の裁判についての執行とみなす。
  <sup>art-493/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-493/par-1</sup>
  In cases where the decisions are rendered for provisional payment in the first and second instances and the decision for provisional payment in the first instance has already been executed, execution of that decision shall be deemed to be execution of the final decision of provisional payment in the second instance, to the extent that said provisional payment was within the limit of the amount that was ordered to be paid in the decision for provisional payment in the second instance.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の場合において、第一審の仮納付の裁判の執行によつて得た金額が第二審の仮納付の裁判で納付を命ぜられた金額を超えるときは、その超過額は、これを還付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-493/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-493/par-2</sup>
  In the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, when the amount procured through the execution of the decision for provisional payment in the first instance exceeds the amount which was ordered to be paid in the decision for provisional payment in the second instance, such excess amount shall be returned.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-493/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十三条第一項 (Article 493, paragraph (1)), art-493/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-493/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-493/par-2

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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
