In the ROC, defendants without a previous criminal record or who have been clean for five years, and whose conviction calls for a sentence of less than two years, are eligible for a suspended sentence.
根據我國刑法第七十四條規定，被判二年以下有期徒刑者，若屬初犯或是五年內沒有犯罪紀錄，可以獲得緩刑的機會。