# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第百八十八条の三 (Article 188-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-3. 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: 第百八十八条の三 (Article 188-3) — address `art-188-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-3 - e-Gov law ID: 323AC0000000131 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百八十八条の三 art-188-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-3 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる補償は、当該各号に定める者の請求により、無罪の判決をした裁判所が、決定をもつてこれを行う。 art-188-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-3/par-1 The compensation set forth in each of the following items is made by a ruling of the court which rendered the acquittal, upon the request of the person prescribed in that item. machine translation, not official **一** 前条第一項の補償　被告人であつた者 art-188-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-3/par-1/item-1 the compensation prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article: the person who was the defendant; machine translation, not official **二** 前条第二項の補償　開始決定再審請求者 art-188-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-3/par-1/item-2 the compensation prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article: the requester of a commenced retrial. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の請求は、無罪の判決が確定した後六月以内にこれをしなければならない。 art-188-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-3/par-2 The request prescribed in the preceding paragraph must be made within six months after the acquittal becomes final and binding. machine translation, not official **第三項** 補償に関する決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-188-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-3/par-3 An immediate appeal against a ruling on compensation may be filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-188-3/par-1/item-1: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の二第一項 (Article 188-2, paragraph (1)), art-188-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-2/par-1 - art-188-3/par-1/item-2: 前条第二項 → 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/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-2/par-2 - art-188-3/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の三第一項 (Article 188-3, paragraph (1)), art-188-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-3/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第百八十八条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-188-3/par-2 --- ## 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-20261106T054114-005, 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