A person sentenced to imprisonment as a juvenile may be paroled after the following periods have passed:
少年のとき拘禁刑の言渡しを受けた者については、次の期間を経過した後、仮釈放をすることができる。
seven years in the case of imprisonment for life;
無期拘禁刑については七年
one-third of a term of sentence in the case of imprisonment for a fixed term rendered pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, paragraph (2);
第五十一条第二項の規定により言い渡した有期拘禁刑については、その刑期の三分の一
one-third of a minimum imprisonment term in the case of imprisonment rendered pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (1), or pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of that Article.
The provisions of item (i) of the preceding paragraph do not apply to a person sentenced to imprisonment for life pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, paragraph (1).
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juvenile
「少年」
In this Act, a person under 20 years of age.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
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.