Article 57Execution of Sentence and Disposition for Rehabilitation of an Adjudicated Delinquent
第五十七条（刑の執行と保護処分）
If a sentence of imprisonment or penal detention becomes final and binding in the course of the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent, the sentence is executed first. The same applies if a sentence of imprisonment or penal detention has become final and binding and the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent is made before the sentence is executed.
保護処分の継続中、拘禁刑又は拘留の刑が確定したときは、先に刑を執行する。拘禁刑又は拘留の刑が確定してその執行前保護処分がなされたときも、同様である。
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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.