# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58)

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- Law: 少年法 (Juveniles Act), 昭和二十三年法律第百六十八号
- English title "Juveniles Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第五十八条 (Article 58)（仮釈放） — address `art-58`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-58
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-58
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### 第五十八条（仮釈放） — (Parole)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-58</sup>

  **第一項**  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。
  <sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-58/par-1</sup>
  A person sentenced to imprisonment as a juvenile may be paroled after the following periods have passed:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  無期拘禁刑については七年
    <sup>art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-58/par-1/item-1</sup>
    seven years in the case of imprisonment for life;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  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
    <sup>art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-58/par-1/item-2</sup>
    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);
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  第五十二条第一項又は同条第一項及び第二項の規定により言い渡した拘禁刑については、その短期の三分の一
    <sup>art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-58/par-1/item-3</sup>
    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.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  第五十一条第一項の規定により無期拘禁刑の言渡しを受けた者については、前項第一号の規定は適用しない。
  <sup>art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-58/par-2</sup>
  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).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-58/par-1/item-2: 第五十一条第二項 → 少年法 第五十一条第二項 (Article 51, paragraph (2)), art-51/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-51/par-2
- art-58/par-1/item-3: 第五十二条第一項 → 少年法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-52/par-1
- art-58/par-1/item-3: 第二項 → 少年法 第五十二条第二項 (Article 52, paragraph (2)), art-52/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-52/par-2
- art-58/par-2: 第五十一条第一項 → 少年法 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-51/par-1
- art-58/par-2: 前項第一号 → 少年法 第五十八条第一項第一号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-58/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-58/par-1/item-1

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 少年法 第五十八条第二項（仮釈放） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-58/par-2
- 少年法 第六十七条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-67/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67/par-5
- 少年法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-4261-23/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-4261-23/art-2/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 少年法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000168/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Juveniles Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-001, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-002, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-002, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02