Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 77
This English translation was last updated on 2025-08-01, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-07-22. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
If there is evidence of repentance during the execution of imprisonment, a parole may be granted upon application by the prison authority to the Ministry of Justice after twenty-five years of a sentence to life imprisonment or after one half of a sentence to imprisonment or after two-thirds of the imprisonment of for an recidivist has been served.The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the following circumstances:1. The execution of a sentence to imprisonment has not been reached six months.2. The recidivist of an offense that carries a principal punishment of minimal five-year imprisonment intentionally commits in five years after completing the execution of the punishment or after being pardoned after the execution of part of the punishment an offense that carries a minimum principal punishment of not less than five years.3. The offender of the crime listed in Article 91-1 who, after being counseled or treated during the execution of the punishment, is founded through appraisal or evaluation as having not remarkably reduced the danger of repeating the offense.The number of days of detention exceeds one year before the sentence to life imprisonment becomes definitive shall be taken into account in item 1.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第77條
受徒刑之執行而有悛悔實據者，無期徒刑逾二十五年，有期徒刑逾二分之一、累犯逾三分之二，由監獄報請法務部，得許假釋出獄。
前項關於有期徒刑假釋之規定，於下列情形，不適用之：
一、有期徒刑執行未滿六個月者。
二、犯最輕本刑五年以上有期徒刑之罪之累犯，於假釋期間，受徒刑之執行完畢，或一部之執行而赦免後，五年以內故意再犯最輕本刑為五年以上有期徒刑之罪者。
三、犯第九十一條之一所列之罪，於徒刑執行期間接受輔導或治療後，經鑑定、評估其再犯危險未顯著降低者。
無期徒刑裁判確定前逾一年部分之羈押日數算入第一項已執行之期間內。
前項關於有期徒刑假釋之規定，於下列情形，不適用之：
一、有期徒刑執行未滿六個月者。
二、犯最輕本刑五年以上有期徒刑之罪之累犯，於假釋期間，受徒刑之執行完畢，或一部之執行而赦免後，五年以內故意再犯最輕本刑為五年以上有期徒刑之罪者。
三、犯第九十一條之一所列之罪，於徒刑執行期間接受輔導或治療後，經鑑定、評估其再犯危險未顯著降低者。
無期徒刑裁判確定前逾一年部分之羈押日數算入第一項已執行之期間內。