# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百四十二条の五 (Article 342-5)

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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: 第三百四十二条の五 (Article 342-5) — address `art-342-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第三百四十二条の五
<sup>art-342-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-5</sup>

    **第一項**  裁判所は、第三百四十二条の二の許可をする場合には、帰国等保証金額を定めなければならない。ただし、保釈を許す決定を受けた被告人について、同条の許可をするときは、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-342-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-5/par-1</sup>
    When granting the permission under Article 342-2, the court must fix the amount of the bond for return, etc.; provided, however, that this does not apply when granting the permission under that Article to a defendant who has received a ruling granting bail.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  帰国等保証金額は、宣告された判決に係る刑名及び刑期、当該判決の宣告を受けた者の性格、生活の本拠及び資産、その者が外国人である場合にあつてはその在留資格（入管法第二条の二第一項に規定する在留資格をいう。）の内容その他の事情を考慮して、その者が前条第一項の規定により指定される期間内に本邦に帰国し又は上陸することを保証するに足りる相当な金額でなければならない。
    <sup>art-342-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-5/par-2</sup>
    The amount of the bond for return, etc. must be an appropriate amount sufficient to guarantee that the person will return to or land in Japan within the period designated under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, taking into consideration the category and term of the sentence pertaining to the judgment pronounced, the character, the base of living and assets of the person who has received the pronouncement of the judgment, and, where that person is a foreign national, the content of that person's status of residence (meaning the status of residence prescribed in Article 2-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act), and other circumstances.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第三項**  裁判所は、第三百四十二条の二の許可をする場合には、その許可を受ける者の渡航先を制限し、その他適当と認める条件を付することができる。
    <sup>art-342-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-5/par-3</sup>
    When granting the permission under Article 342-2, the court may restrict the destination of travel of the person receiving the permission and attach any other conditions it finds appropriate.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-342-5/par-1: 第三百四十二条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の二 (Article 342-2), art-342-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-2
- art-342-5/par-2: 入管法第二条の二第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二条の二第一項 (Article 2-2, paragraph (1)), art-2-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-2-2/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 326CO0000000319)
- art-342-5/par-2: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の四第一項 (Article 342-4, paragraph (1)), art-342-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-4/par-1
- art-342-5/par-3: 第三百四十二条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十二条の二 (Article 342-2), art-342-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-342-2

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十五条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-345-3/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第四百八十三条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-483-2/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-2/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-4/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第六条第一項（出国制限に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-6/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第八条第五項（刑事訴訟法に係る拘禁刑に関する経過措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-8/par-5

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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-20261106T054114-013, 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
