# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百九十五条 (Article 495)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第四百九十五条 (Article 495) — address `art-495`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第四百九十五条
<sup>art-495 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-495</sup>

  **第一項**  上訴の提起期間中の未決勾留の日数は、上訴申立後の未決勾留の日数を除き、全部これを本刑に通算する。
  <sup>art-495/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-495/par-1</sup>
  All the days of pre-sentencing detention during the period for filing an appeal, except the days in pre-sentencing detention after an appeal has been filed, shall be included as time served toward the sentence.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  上訴申立後の未決勾留の日数は、左の場合には、全部これを本刑に通算する。
  <sup>art-495/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-495/par-2</sup>
  The days in pre-sentencing detention after the filing of an appeal shall be included as time served toward the sentence when:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  検察官が上訴を申し立てたとき。
    <sup>art-495/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-495/par-2/item-1</sup>
    A public prosecutor filed the appeal; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  検察官以外の者が上訴を申し立てた場合においてその上訴審において原判決が破棄されたとき。
    <sup>art-495/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-495/par-2/item-2</sup>
    A person who was not the public prosecutor filed an appeal and the original judgment was reversed in the appellate instance.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前二項の規定による通算については、未決勾留の一日を刑期の一日又は金額の四千円に折算する。
  <sup>art-495/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-495/par-3</sup>
  With regard to the inclusion set forth in the preceding two paragraphs, one day in pre-sentencing detention shall be calculated as either one day of imprisonment or as 4,000 yen.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  上訴裁判所が原判決を破棄した後の未決勾留は、上訴中の未決勾留日数に準じて、これを通算する。
  <sup>art-495/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-495/par-4</sup>
  Pre-sentencing detention after the appellate court has reversed the original judgment shall be included in time served, in the same manner as the days in pre-sentencing detention pending appeal.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Pre-sentencing detention after the appellate court has reversed the original judgment shall be included in time served, based on the number of days in pre-sentencing detention." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-495/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十五条第一項 (Article 495, paragraph (1)), art-495/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-495/par-1
- art-495/par-3: 前二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十五条第二項 (Article 495, paragraph (2)), art-495/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-495/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-495/par-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Code of Criminal Procedure, written 2026-11-06
- 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 (刑事訴訟法), Article 495, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/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 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
