①When any one of the following persons has been sentenced to imprisonment for 3 years or less or a fine of 500,000 yen or less, the execution of the entire sentence may be suspended in light of circumstances for a period of 1 year or more and 5 years or less from the day on which the sentence becomes final and binding.

②When a person, who has been sentenced to imprisonment and has been granted suspension of execution of the entire sentence, is sentenced subsequently to imprisonment for 2 years or less and there are circumstances especially favorable to the person, the person may be granted suspension of execution of the sentence as with the persons prescribed in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that the same does not apply to a person who, having been granted suspension of execution of the entire sentence pursuant to the main clause of this paragraph, has been placed under probation pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of the following Article and commits a crime again within the term of such probation.

①In cases prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the subject person may be placed under probation during the period of suspended execution of the sentence; and in cases prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article, that person is placed under probation through the period of suspended execution of the sentence.

②Probation placed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be provisionally cancelled by a disposition of a government agency.

③When probation is provisionally cancelled pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the person, for the purpose of the provisions of the proviso of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article and of item (ii) of Article 26-2, is deemed not to be under probation until the provisional cancellation is revoked.

Suspended execution of the entire sentence must be revoked in the following cases; provided, however, that item (iii) does not apply when the subject person is a person set forth in item (ii) of paragraph (1) of Article 25 or falls under item (iii) of the following Article:

Suspended execution of the entire sentence may be revoked in the following cases:

When a suspended execution of the sentence to imprisonment in whole is revoked pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles, the concurrent suspended execution of another sentence to imprisonment (excluding a sentence the execution of which has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (2) of the following Article or the second sentence of paragraph (2) of Article 27-7; the same applies in paragraph (6) of the following Article, Article 27-6 and paragraph (6) of Article 27-7) must also be revoked.

①When the entire period of suspended execution of the sentence in whole progresses without rescission, the sentence ceases to be effective.

②Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, if a prosecution has been instituted for a crime committed again within the period of suspended execution of the entire sentence (limited to a crime punishable by a fine or a greater punishment), the sentence referred to in that paragraph is to remain in effect during the period from the day on which that period elapses until the grant of suspended execution of the entire sentence under the second sentence of this paragraph can no longer be revoked pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) or (5) (hereinafter referred to as the "period of continued effect" in this paragraph and the following paragraph). In this case, with regard to that sentence, suspended execution of the entire sentence is deemed to have been granted during that period of continued effect.

③Notwithstanding the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, with regard to the application of the following provisions during the period of continued effect, the sentence referred to in that paragraph is deemed to have ceased to be effective:

④In the case referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (2), if the person is sentenced to imprisonment or a greater punishment for that crime and is not granted a suspended execution of the sentence in whole, the grant of suspended execution of the entire sentence under the second sentence of that paragraph must be revoked; provided, however, that this does not apply if that crime has been punished as a crime for consolidated punishment together with a crime committed after the period of suspension referred to in the first sentence of that paragraph elapsed, and it is found inappropriate in consideration of the circumstances of the crime and other circumstances.

⑤In the case referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (2), if the person is sentenced to a fine for that crime, the grant of suspended execution of the entire sentence under the second sentence of that paragraph may be revoked.

⑥When a suspended execution of the sentence in whole is revoked pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the concurrent suspended execution of another sentence to imprisonment must also be revoked.

①When any one of the following persons has been sentenced to imprisonment for 3 years or less, the execution of the sentence in part may be suspended for a period of 1 year or more and 5 years or less if it is found that such suspension is necessary and reasonable to prevent the person from committing another crime, in consideration of the severity of the circumstances of the crime, circumstances of the criminal and other relevant circumstances:

②With regard to a punishment for which the suspension of execution in part was granted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the period of such suspension is calculated from the day on which the execution of the portion of the term for which the suspension of execution was not granted is completed, or the day on which the subject person becomes no longer subject to the execution of such sentence.

③Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, if the person has another sentence to imprisonment to be executed at the time when the portion of the term for which the suspension of execution was not granted is completed or the person becomes no longer subject to the execution of such sentence, the period of suspension granted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is calculated from the day on which the execution of the imprisonment to be executed is completed or the day on which the person becomes no longer subject to the execution of such sentence.

①In cases prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the subject person may be placed under probation during the period of suspended execution of the sentence.

②The probation placed pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph may be provisionally cancelled by a disposition of a government agency.

③When the probation is provisionally cancelled pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph, the person, for the purpose of the provisions of item (ii) of Article 27-5, is not deemed to be under probation until the provisional cancellation is revoked.

Suspended execution of part of the sentence is revoked in the following cases; provided, however, that item (iii) does not apply when the subject person is a person set forth in item (iii) of paragraph (1) of Article 27-2:

Suspended execution of part of the sentence may be revoked in the following cases:

When a suspension of execution of the sentence in part is revoked pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles, the concurrent suspension of execution of another sentence to imprisonment is also revoked.

①When a period of suspended execution of the sentence in part elapses without rescission, the imprisonment is mitigated to the imprisonment with the term of imprisonment equal to the portion of the term for which the suspension of execution was not granted. In this case, the subject person is deemed to have served the punishment and completed the execution on the day the execution of such portion of the term is completed or the person becomes no longer subject to the execution of such sentence.

②Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, if a prosecution has been instituted for a crime committed again after the suspended execution of the sentence in part is granted and before the period of suspended execution elapses (limited to a crime punishable by a fine or a greater punishment), the mitigation under the first sentence of the preceding paragraph is not to be made during the period from the day on which that period elapses until the grant of suspended execution of the sentence in part under the second sentence of this paragraph can no longer be revoked pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) or (5) (hereinafter referred to as the "period of continued effect" in this paragraph and the following paragraph). In this case, with regard to the sentence referred to in that paragraph, suspended execution of the sentence for the suspended portion is deemed to have been granted during that period of continued effect.

③Notwithstanding the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, with regard to the application of the following provisions during the period of continued effect, the sentence referred to in that paragraph is deemed to have been mitigated under the first sentence of paragraph (1) and to have been completely served on the day prescribed in the second sentence of that paragraph:

④In the case referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (2), if the person is sentenced to imprisonment or a greater punishment for that crime, the grant of suspended execution of the sentence in part under the second sentence of that paragraph must be revoked; provided, however, that this does not apply if that crime has been punished as a crime for consolidated punishment together with a crime committed after the period of suspension referred to in the first sentence of that paragraph elapsed, and it is found inappropriate in consideration of the circumstances of the crime and other circumstances.

⑤In the case referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (2), if the person is sentenced to a fine for that crime, the grant of suspended execution of the sentence in part under the second sentence of that paragraph may be revoked.

⑥When a suspension of execution of the sentence in part is revoked pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the concurrent suspension of execution of another sentence to imprisonment is also revoked.