# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百三十七条 (Article 437) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-437. 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: 第四百三十七条 (Article 437) — address `art-437` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-437 - 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. --- ### 第四百三十七条 art-437 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-437 **第一項** 前二条の規定に従い、確定判決により犯罪が証明されたことを再審の請求の理由とすべき場合において、その確定判決を得ることができないときは、その事実を証明して再審の請求をすることができる。但し、証拠がないという理由によつて確定判決を得ることができないときは、この限りでない。 art-437/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-437/par-1 When the fact that the crime has been proven by a final and binding judgment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles should be the grounds for requesting a retrial, and when it is impossible to get such final and binding judgment, a retrial may be requested by proving said fact; provided, however, that this shall not apply when it is impossible to get such final judgment on the grounds that there is no evidence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-437/par-1: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十五条 (Article 435), art-435 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-435 - art-437/par-1: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百三十六条 (Article 436), art-436 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-436 --- ## 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