Japanese legal terms explainedRights, roles and legal effects
Penal detention
拘留
A short criminal punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設) for one day to less than thirty days (Penal Code, Article 16, paragraph (1)). As with imprisonment (拘禁刑), the person may be made to do work or given guidance to help them reform (paragraph (2)). It ranks below a fine (罰金) and above a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)).
Provisions and sources it draws on
Where the laws use it
2 laws in force use it in this sense, in 16 provisions; there the word opens this explanation.
- 15 provisions
Article 9 Article 16 Article 20 and more
- 1 provision