# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百七十二条 (Article 472) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-472. 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: 第四百七十二条 (Article 472) — address `art-472` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-472 - 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. --- ### 第四百七十二条 art-472 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-472 **第一項** 裁判の執行は、その裁判をした裁判所に対応する検察庁の検察官がこれを指揮する。但し、第七十条第一項但書の場合、第百八条第一項但書の場合その他その性質上裁判所又は裁判官が指揮すべき場合は、この限りでない。 art-472/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-472/par-1 The execution of a decision is to be directed by a public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office corresponding to the court that rendered said decision; provided, however, that this shall not apply in the cases set forth in the proviso to paragraph (1) of Article 70, the proviso to paragraph (1) of Article 108, or any other case in which the court or judge should direct the execution of its decision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 上訴の裁判又は上訴の取下により下級の裁判所の裁判を執行する場合には、上訴裁判所に対応する検察庁の検察官がこれを指揮する。但し、訴訟記録が下級の裁判所又はその裁判所に対応する検察庁に在るときは、その裁判所に対応する検察庁の検察官が、これを指揮する。 art-472/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-472/par-2 In cases where the decision made by a lower court is to be executed due to a decision on appeal or due to the withdrawal of an appeal, execution of the decision of the lower court is to be directed by a public prosecutor of the public prosecutor's office corresponding to the appellate court; provided, however, that, where the case records are kept in the lower court or its corresponding public prosecutor's office, the execution is to be directed by a public prosecutor of that corresponding public prosecutor's office. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-472/par-1: 第七十条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第七十条第一項 (Article 70, paragraph (1)), art-70/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-70/par-1 - art-472/par-1: 第百八条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第百八条第一項 (Article 108, paragraph (1)), art-108/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-108/par-1 --- ## 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