# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第九十六条 (Article 96)

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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: 第九十六条 (Article 96) — address `art-96`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第九十六条
<sup>art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判所は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、検察官の請求により、又は職権で、決定で、保釈又は勾留の執行停止を取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1</sup>
  The court may, upon the request of a public prosecutor or ex officio, make a ruling to rescind the bail or suspension of the execution of detention when any of the following items applies:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  被告人が、召喚を受け正当な理由がなく出頭しないとき。
    <sup>art-96/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the defendant has been summoned but does not appear without a justifiable reason;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the accused has been summoned but does not appear without a justifiable reason;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

    **二**  被告人が逃亡し又は逃亡すると疑うに足りる相当な理由があるとき。
    <sup>art-96/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the defendant has fled or there is probable cause to suspect that the defendant may flee;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the accused has fled or there is probable cause to suspect that the accused may flee;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

    **三**  被告人が罪証を隠滅し又は罪証を隠滅すると疑うに足りる相当な理由があるとき。
    <sup>art-96/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the defendant has concealed or destroyed evidence or there is probable cause to suspect that the defendant may conceal or destroy evidence;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the accused has concealed or destroyed evidence or there is probable cause to suspect that the accused may conceal or destroy evidence;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

    **四**  被告人が、被害者その他事件の審判に必要な知識を有すると認められる者若しくはその親族の身体若しくは財産に害を加え若しくは加えようとし、又はこれらの者を畏怖させる行為をしたとき。
    <sup>art-96/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1/item-4</sup>
    the defendant has harmed or tried to harm the body or property of the victim, any other person who is deemed to have knowledge essential to the trial of the case or the relatives of such persons or has threatened them;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the accused has harmed or tried to harm the body or property of the victim, any other person who is deemed to have knowledge essential to the trial of the case or the relatives of such persons or has threatened them; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

    **五**  被告人が、正当な理由がなく前条第一項の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。
    <sup>art-96/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1/item-5</sup>
    the defendant fails, without justifiable grounds, to make the report under Article 95-4, paragraph (1), or makes a false report;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **六**  被告人が住居の制限その他裁判所の定めた条件に違反したとき。
    <sup>art-96/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1/item-6</sup>
    the defendant has violated the conditions set by the court such as restrictions on the place of residence.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the accused has violated the conditions set by the court such as restrictions on the place of residence." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定により保釈を取り消す場合には、裁判所は、決定で、保証金の全部又は一部を没取することができる。
  <sup>art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-2</sup>
  If bail is rescinded pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the court may make a ruling to sequester the whole or part of the bail bond.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  保釈を取り消された者が、第九十八条の二の規定による命令を受け正当な理由がなく出頭しないとき、又は逃亡したときも、前項と同様とする。
  <sup>art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-3</sup>
  The same applies as in the preceding paragraph if a person whose bail has been rescinded, after receiving an order under Article 98-2, fails to appear without justifiable grounds, or flees.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決（拘禁刑の全部の執行猶予の言渡しをしないものに限る。以下同じ。）の宣告を受けた後、保釈又は勾留の執行停止をされている被告人が逃亡したときは、裁判所は、検察官の請求により、又は職権で、決定で、保釈又は勾留の執行停止を取り消さなければならない。
  <sup>art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-4</sup>
  If, after the pronouncement of a judgment imposing a sentence of imprisonment or a heavier sentence (limited to a judgment that does not render a suspended sentence for the whole of the imprisonment; the same applies hereinafter), a defendant who is on bail or whose execution of detention has been suspended flees, the court must, upon the request of a public prosecutor or on its own authority, rescind bail or the suspension of execution of detention by ruling.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第五項**  前項の規定により保釈を取り消す場合には、裁判所は、決定で、保証金の全部又は一部を没取しなければならない。
  <sup>art-96/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-5</sup>
  If bail is rescinded pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the court must make a ruling to sequester the whole or part of the bail bond.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第六項**  保釈を取り消された者が、第九十八条の二の規定による命令を受け正当な理由がなく出頭しない場合又は逃亡した場合において、その者が拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決の宣告を受けた者であるときは、裁判所は、決定で、保証金の全部又は一部を没取しなければならない。ただし、第四項の規定により保釈を取り消された者が逃亡したときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-96/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-6</sup>
  If a person whose bail has been rescinded, after receiving an order under Article 98-2, fails to appear without justifiable grounds or flees, and that person is one who has received the pronouncement of a judgment imposing a sentence of imprisonment or a heavier sentence, the court must make a ruling to sequester the whole or part of the bail bond; provided, however, that this does not apply when a person whose bail has been rescinded pursuant to paragraph (4) flees.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第七項**  保釈された者が、拘禁刑以上の刑に処する判決又は拘留に処する判決の宣告を受けた後、第三百四十三条の二（第四百四条（第四百十四条において準用する場合を含む。第九十八条の十七第一項第二号及び第四号において同じ。）において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による命令を受け正当な理由がなく出頭しないとき又は逃亡したとき（保釈されている場合及び保釈を取り消された後、逃亡した場合を除く。）は検察官の請求により又は職権で、刑の執行のため呼出しを受け正当な理由がなく出頭しないときは検察官の請求により、決定で、保証金の全部又は一部を没取しなければならない。
  <sup>art-96/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-7</sup>
  If a person granted bail, after receiving the pronouncement of a judgment imposing a sentence of imprisonment or a heavier sentence or a judgment imposing penal detention, fails to appear without justifiable grounds after receiving an order under Article 343-2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 404 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 414; the same applies in Article 98-17, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iv))) or flees (excluding a case where the person is on bail and a case where the person flees after bail has been rescinded), the court must, upon the request of a public prosecutor or on its own authority, and if the person is summoned for the execution of a sentence and fails to appear without justifiable grounds, upon the request of a public prosecutor, make a ruling to sequester the whole or part of the bail bond.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-96/par-1/item-5: 前条第一項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十五条の四第一項 (Article 95-4, paragraph (1)), art-95-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-95-4/par-1
- art-96/par-2: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-1
- art-96/par-3: 第九十八条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の二 (Article 98-2), art-98-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-2
- art-96/par-3: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第二項 (Article 96, paragraph (2)), art-96/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-2
- art-96/par-5: 前項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第四項 (Article 96, paragraph (4)), art-96/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-4
- art-96/par-6: 第九十八条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の二 (Article 98-2), art-98-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-2
- art-96/par-6: 第四項 → 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第四項 (Article 96, paragraph (4)), art-96/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-4
- art-96/par-7: 第三百四十三条の二 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百四十三条の二 (Article 343-2), art-343-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-343-2
- art-96/par-7: 第四百四条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百四条 (Article 404), art-404 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-404
- art-96/par-7: 第四百十四条 → 刑事訴訟法 第四百十四条 (Article 414), art-414 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-414

## Cited by

14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-3
- 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-5
- 刑事訴訟法 第九十六条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-96/par-6
- 刑事訴訟法 第九十八条の十一第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-98-11/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 第四百九十四条の八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-494-8/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第二条第二項（この法律の施行の日の前日までの間の読替え等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-2/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第一項（保証金の没取等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-3/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第二項（保証金の没取等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-3/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第三条第三項（保証金の没取等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-3/par-3
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第八条第一項（刑事訴訟法に係る拘禁刑に関する経過措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-8/par-1
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第八条第二項（刑事訴訟法に係る拘禁刑に関する経過措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-8/par-2
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第八条第五項（刑事訴訟法に係る拘禁刑に関する経過措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-8/par-5
- 刑事訴訟法 附則第八条第六項（刑事訴訟法に係る拘禁刑に関する経過措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/suppl-5051-28/art-8/par-6

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