Code of Criminal Procedure Article 420
This English translation was last updated on 2020-01-15, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-05-13. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
If any one of the following circumstances arises after a guilty ruling is finalized, a motion for retrial may be filed for the benefit of the person convicted:1. The evidence on which the original judgment was based has been proven to be falsified or fabricated.2. The testimony, appraisal or interpretation on which the original judgment was based, has been proven to be false.3. The person convicted of a guilty ruling was found to be falsely accused. 4. The judgment made by a general court or a special court, on which the original judgment was based, has been changed and the changed judgment is final.5. The judge who participated in the original judgment, or prior judgment, or investigation before the judgment, or the prosecutor who participated in the investigation or the prosecution, or the prosecuting investigator, judicial police officer, or the judicial police who participated in the criminal investigation, has been found to have committed job-related offenses in relation to the case, or has been disciplined due to illegal malfeasance in regards to the case that was significant enough to affect the original judgment.6. Due to a discovery of new facts or new evidence that is sufficient, either by itself or when combined with previous evidence, it is determined that the convicted person should be acquitted, exempt-from-prosecution, remitted the criminal sanction, or sentenced in line with an offense less serious than the one of the original judgment.A motion for retrial can be filed for cases having new proof, as described in subparagraph 1 through subparagraph 3 and subparagraph 5 of the preceding paragraph, and the cases are limited to where the judgment is final and binding, or where criminal procedure cannot be commenced or continued not for lack of evidence.The new facts or new evidence, as described in Paragraph 1 Subparagraph 6, refer to facts or evidence that existed, or were established, but were not investigated in time before the final judgment is decided, or facts and evidence that only come to light or become established after the final judgment is decided.
中文原文 刑事訴訟法第420條
有罪之判決確定後，有下列情形之一者，為受判決人之利益，得聲請再審：
一、原判決所憑之證物已證明其為偽造或變造者。
二、原判決所憑之證言、鑑定或通譯已證明其為虛偽者。
三、受有罪判決之人，已證明其係被誣告者。
四、原判決所憑之通常法院或特別法院之裁判已經確定裁判變更者。
五、參與原判決或前審判決或判決前所行調查之法官，或參與偵查或起訴之檢察官，或參與調查犯罪之檢察事務官、司法警察官或司法警察，因該案件犯職務上之罪已經證明者，或因該案件違法失職已受懲戒處分，足以影響原判決者。
六、因發現新事實或新證據，單獨或與先前之證據綜合判斷，足認受有罪判決之人應受無罪、免訴、免刑或輕於原判決所認罪名之判決者。
前項第一款至第三款及第五款情形之證明，以經判決確定，或其刑事訴訟不能開始或續行非因證據不足者為限，得聲請再審。
第一項第六款之新事實或新證據，指判決確定前已存在或成立而未及調查斟酌，及判決確定後始存在或成立之事實、證據。
一、原判決所憑之證物已證明其為偽造或變造者。
二、原判決所憑之證言、鑑定或通譯已證明其為虛偽者。
三、受有罪判決之人，已證明其係被誣告者。
四、原判決所憑之通常法院或特別法院之裁判已經確定裁判變更者。
五、參與原判決或前審判決或判決前所行調查之法官，或參與偵查或起訴之檢察官，或參與調查犯罪之檢察事務官、司法警察官或司法警察，因該案件犯職務上之罪已經證明者，或因該案件違法失職已受懲戒處分，足以影響原判決者。
六、因發現新事實或新證據，單獨或與先前之證據綜合判斷，足認受有罪判決之人應受無罪、免訴、免刑或輕於原判決所認罪名之判決者。
前項第一款至第三款及第五款情形之證明，以經判決確定，或其刑事訴訟不能開始或續行非因證據不足者為限，得聲請再審。
第一項第六款之新事實或新證據，指判決確定前已存在或成立而未及調查斟酌，及判決確定後始存在或成立之事實、證據。