Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 79

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If a parole has not been revoked after twenty years of parole for the offenders of life imprisonment or during the remaining portion of sentence for the offenders of imprisonment, the unexecuted portion of the sentence shall be considered to have been executed; however, this shall not apply to a parole revoked in accordance to Paragraph 3 of Article 78.The period served in execution of a punishment, detention, or other restriction on freedom for another crime during the period of parole shall not be included in the calculation of the period of parole. However, this shall not apply to the period of detention or other restriction on freedom made according to law before the final judgment of non-prosecution or acquittal is announced.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第79條
在無期徒刑假釋後滿二十年或在有期徒刑所餘刑期內未經撤銷假釋者,其未執行之刑,以已執行論。
但依第七十八條第三項撤銷其假釋者,不在此限。
假釋中另受刑之執行、羈押或其他依法拘束人身自由之期間,不算入假釋期內。
但不起訴處分或無罪判決確定前曾受之羈押或其他依法拘束人身自由之期間,不在此限。

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