自首是指犯罪后自动投案,向公安、司法机关或其他有关机关如实供述自己的罪行的行为。对于自首的犯罪分子,可以从轻或减轻处罚。其中,犯罪较轻的可以免除处罚。被采取强制措施的犯罪嫌疑人、被告人和正在服刑的罪犯,如实供述司法机关还未掌握的本人其他罪行的,以自首论。犯罪嫌疑人虽不具有前两款规定的自首情节,但是如实供述自己罪行的,可以从轻处罚;因其如实供述自己罪行,避免特别严重后果发生的,可以减轻处罚。
自首的英文可以表达为Voluntary surrender
【双语法律法规】
《中华人民共和国刑法》第六十七条规定,犯罪以后自动投案,如实供述自己的罪行的,是自首。对于自首的犯罪分子,可以从轻或者减轻处罚。其中,犯罪较轻的,可以免除处罚。
被采取强制措施的犯罪嫌疑人、被告人和正在服刑的罪犯,如实供述司法机关还未掌握的本人其他罪行的,以自首论。
Voluntary surrender refers to the act of voluntarily delivering oneself up to justice and truthfully confessing one's crime after one has committed the crime. Any criminal who voluntarily surrenders may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. The ones whose crimes are relatively minor may be exempted from punishment.
If a criminal suspect or a defendant under compulsory measures or a criminal serving a sentence truthfully confesses his other crimes that the judicial organ does not know, his act shall be regarded as voluntary surrender.