# Suspended sentence (執行猶予, しっこうゆうよ) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/suspended-sentence. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Group: Rights, roles and legal effects - URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/suspended-sentence - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/suspended-sentence - Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04 A court's decision, when it passes a sentence, to hold off carrying it out. A person sentenced to imprisonment (拘禁刑) of three years or less or a fine (罰金) of 500,000 yen or less who has not been sentenced to imprisonment before, or not within five years of finishing such a sentence, may have the whole of it suspended for one to five years from the day the judgment becomes final (Penal Code, Article 25, paragraph (1)), and may be put under probation (保護観察) for that time (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)). A person whose earlier imprisonment was itself wholly suspended may have a new sentence of two years or less suspended again where there are especially extenuating circumstances, and is then put under probation (Article 25, paragraph (2); Article 25-2, paragraph (1)). If the period passes without the suspension being revoked, the sentence loses its effect (Article 27, paragraph (1)), unless a prosecution is pending for a crime committed in the period, in which case it stays in effect and can still be revoked (paragraphs (2), (4) and (5)); it must or may be revoked if, for example, the person commits another crime in the period and is sentenced to imprisonment without suspension (Articles 26 and 26-2). A sentence of imprisonment of three years or less may also be suspended in part, the rest being served first (Article 27-2). Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer. ## Provisions and sources it draws on - [Penal Code, Arts. 25 to 27-2](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/140AC0000000045) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code ## Where the laws use it 2 laws in force use it in this sense, in 17 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Penal Code (刑法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code): 10 provisions, among them [Article 26](https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-26), [Article 26-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-26-2), [Article 26-3](https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-26-3) - [Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act): 7 provisions, among them [Article 24](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-24), [Article 25-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-25-2), [Article 50](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-50) ## Related - [Rescission (取消し, とりけし)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/rescission) - [Imprisonment (拘禁刑, こうきんけい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/imprisonment) - [Fine (罰金, ばっきん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/criminal-fine) - [Special permanent resident (特別永住者, とくべつえいじゅうしゃ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/special-permanent-resident) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04) - Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (2 records)