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Commencement of criminal investigation
Suspension of sentence and stay of execution
Suspension of sentence
- A system by which, in the case of sentencing to a year or less of penal servitude or imprisonment, suspension of qualification, or amercement, the judge can suspend or defer sentencing, and by which the convicted person is exempted from being sentenced after two (2) years
Stay of execution
- A system whereby when the judge who sentences a convicted person to penal servitude or imprisonment has reason to consider the circumstances surrounding the case, the judge can suspend the execution of the punishment for a certain period; if such suspension period passes without the convicted person recommitting the crime or violating the conditions for the suspension of his/her sentence, the sentence loses its effect, but if, during such suspension period, the convicted person recommits the crime or violates the conditions for the suspension of his/her sentence, the sentence will be executed