# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百十条 (Article 410) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-410. 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: 第四百十条 (Article 410) — address `art-410` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-410 - 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. --- ### 第四百十条 art-410 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-410 **第一項** 上告裁判所は、第四百五条各号に規定する事由があるときは、判決で原判決を破棄しなければならない。但し、判決に影響を及ぼさないことが明らかな場合は、この限りでない。 art-410/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-410/par-1 The final appellate court shall, on a judgment, reverse the judgment of the court of first or second instance when there are grounds as prescribed in the items of Article 405; provided, however, that this shall not apply when it is clear that this would not affect the judgment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第四百五条第二号又は第三号に規定する事由のみがある場合において、上告裁判所がその判例を変更して原判決を維持するのを相当とするときは、前項の規定は、これを適用しない。 art-410/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-410/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply when there are grounds as in item (ii) or item (iii) of Article 405 alone, and when the final appellate court deems it is appropriate to alter that precedent and to uphold the judgment of the court of first or second instance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-410/par-1: 第四百五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五条 (Article 405), art-405 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-405 - art-410/par-2: 第四百五条第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五条第一項第二号 (Article 405, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-405/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-405/par-1/item-2 - art-410/par-2: 第三号 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百五条第一項第三号 (Article 405, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-405/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-405/par-1/item-3 - art-410/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百十条第一項 (Article 410, paragraph (1)), art-410/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-410/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第四百十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-410/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