# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百九十四条 (Article 494) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494. 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: 第四百九十四条 (Article 494) — address `art-494` - Text in force since: 2026-10-20 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494 - 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. --- ### 第四百九十四条 art-494 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494 **第一項** 仮納付の裁判の執行があつた後に、罰金、科料又は追徴の裁判が確定したときは、その金額の限度において刑の執行があつたものとみなす。 art-494/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494/par-1 In cases where the decision for a fine, petty fine, or collection of a sum of equivalent value in lieu of confiscation becomes final and binding after execution of the decision for provisional payment, the sentence shall be deemed to have been executed to the extent of that executed amount. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、仮納付の裁判の執行によつて得た金額が罰金、科料又は追徴の金額を超えるときは、その超過額は、これを還付しなければならない。 art-494/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494/par-2 In the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, where the amount procured through execution of the decision for provisional payment exceeds the amount of the fine, petty fine, or collection of a sum of equivalent value in lieu of confiscation, that excess amount shall be returned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-494/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条第一項 (Article 494, paragraph (1)), art-494/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494/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