# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百八十一条 (Article 181) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-181. 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: 第百八十一条 (Article 181) — address `art-181` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-181 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百八十一条 art-181 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-181 **第一項** 刑の言渡をしたときは、被告人に訴訟費用の全部又は一部を負担させなければならない。但し、被告人が貧困のため訴訟費用を納付することのできないことが明らかであるときは、この限りでない。 art-181/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-181/par-1 When the court renders a sentence, it must have the defendant bear all or part of court costs; provided however, that this does not apply when it is clear that the defendant cannot afford court costs because of indigence. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the court renders a sentence, it must have the accused bear all or part of court costs; provided however, that this does not apply when it is clear that the accused cannot afford court costs because of indigence." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第二項** 被告人の責に帰すべき事由によつて生じた費用は、刑の言渡をしない場合にも、被告人にこれを負担させることができる。 art-181/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-181/par-2 The court may, even if it does not render a sentence, have the defendant bear costs which have arisen from a cause imputable to the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court may, even if it does not render a sentence, have the accused bear costs which have arisen from a cause imputable to the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第三項** 検察官のみが上訴を申し立てた場合において、上訴が棄却されたとき、又は上訴の取下げがあつたときは、上訴に関する訴訟費用は、これを被告人に負担させることができない。ただし、被告人の責めに帰すべき事由によつて生じた費用については、この限りでない。 art-181/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-181/par-3 When only a public prosecutor has filed an appeal and the appeal has been dismissed or withdrawn, the court may not have the defendant bear court costs in the appellate procedure; provided however, that this does not apply to costs which have arisen from a cause imputable to the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When only a public prosecutor has filed an appeal and the appeal has been dismissed or withdrawn, the court may not have the accused bear court costs in the appellate procedure; provided however, that this does not apply to costs which have arisen from a cause imputable to the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb **第四項** 公訴が提起されなかつた場合において、被疑者の責めに帰すべき事由により生じた費用があるときは、被疑者にこれを負担させることができる。 art-181/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-181/par-4 If prosecution has not been instituted, the court may have the suspect bear costs which have arisen from a cause imputable to the suspect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 附則第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-3511-23/par-2 --- ## 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 181, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 181, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 181, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 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