# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第三百八十五条 (Article 385) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-385. 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: 第三百八十五条 (Article 385) — address `art-385` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-385 - 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. --- ### 第三百八十五条 art-385 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-385 **第一項** 控訴の申立が法令上の方式に違反し、又は控訴権の消滅後にされたものであることが明らかなときは、控訴裁判所は、決定でこれを棄却しなければならない。 art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-385/par-1 When it is clear that an appeal to the court of second instance violates a form specified in laws and regulations, or that it was filed after the expiration of the right to appeal, the court of second instance shall, on a ruling, dismiss said appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の決定に対しては、第四百二十八条第二項の異議の申立をすることができる。この場合には、即時抗告に関する規定をも準用する。 art-385/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-385/par-2 An objection as in paragraph (2) of Article 428 may be filed against the ruling prescribed in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the provisions concerning an immediate appeal shall also apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-385/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十五条第一項 (Article 385, paragraph (1)), art-385/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-385/par-1 - art-385/par-2: 第四百二十八条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百二十八条第二項 (Article 428, paragraph (2)), art-428/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-428/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-385/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第三百八十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-386/par-2 - 刑事訴訟法 第四百三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-403/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 - 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