The request for bail must be granted, except when:
保釈の請求があつたときは、次の場合を除いては、これを許さなければならない。
the defendant has allegedly committed a crime which is punishable by the death penalty, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment whose minimum term is one year or more;
被告人が死刑又は無期若しくは短期一年以上の拘禁刑に当たる罪を犯したものであるとき。
the defendant was previously found guilty of a crime punishable by the death penalty, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment whose maximum term exceeds ten years;
被告人が前に死刑又は無期若しくは長期十年を超える拘禁刑に当たる罪につき有罪の宣告を受けたことがあるとき。
the defendant allegedly habitually committed a crime punishable by imprisonment whose maximum term was three years or more;
被告人が常習として長期三年以上の拘禁刑に当たる罪を犯したものであるとき。
there is probable cause to suspect that the defendant may conceal or destroy evidence;
被告人が罪証を隠滅すると疑うに足りる相当な理由があるとき。
there is probable cause to suspect that the defendant may harm the body or property of the victim or any other person who is deemed to have knowledge essential to the trial of the case or the relatives of such persons or may threaten them;
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又はこれらの者を畏怖させる行為をすると疑うに足りる相当な理由があるとき。
the name or residence of the defendant is unknown.
被告人の氏名又は住居が分からないとき。
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imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.