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Article 33Suspension of Prescription

第三十三条(時効の停止)

Prescription is not to run while execution of the sentence is suspended or stayed in accordance with laws and regulations.

時効は、法令により執行を猶予し、又は停止した期間内は、進行しない。

If a person who has been sentenced is outside Japan, prescription of imprisonment, a fine, penal detention and a petty fine does not run during the period in which the person is outside Japan.

拘禁刑、罰金、拘留及び科料の時効は、刑の言渡しを受けた者が国外にいる場合には、その国外にいる期間は、進行しない。

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