# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)

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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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（再審請求手続に関する費用補償に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5081-67/art-7`
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### 第七条（再審請求手続に関する費用補償に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Compensation of Expenses for the Procedure for a Request for Retrial
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<sup>suppl-5081-67/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5081-67/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  第二条の規定（附則第一条第三号に掲げる改正規定に限る。）による改正後の刑事訴訟法第百八十八条の二第二項及び第三項の規定は、再審開始の決定が確定した事件について同号に掲げる規定の施行の日以後に無罪の判決が確定した場合における当該再審開始の決定に係る再審の請求の手続に要した費用であって同日前に生じたものについても適用する。
<sup>suppl-5081-67/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5081-67/art-7/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 188-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions) also apply to expenses that were required for the procedure for a request for retrial pertaining to a ruling to commence a retrial and that arose before the day on which the provisions set forth in that item come into effect, in the case where an acquittal becomes final and binding on or after that day in a case in which the ruling to commence a retrial has become final and binding.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5081-67/art-7/par-1: 附則第一条第三号 → 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-5081-67/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5081-67/art-1/par-1/item-3
- suppl-5081-67/art-7/par-1: 刑事訴訟法第百八十八条の二第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の二第二項 (Article 188-2, paragraph (2)), art-188-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-2/par-2
- suppl-5081-67/art-7/par-1: 第三項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の二第三項 (Article 188-2, paragraph (3)), art-188-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-2/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 刑事訴訟法 附則第一条第一項第三号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5081-67/art-1/par-1/item-3

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-027, 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
