If a judicial police officer, as a result of the investigation of a suspected juvenile case, deems that there is a suspicion of a crime punishable by a fine or less, they must refer the case to a family court. This also applies if a judicial police officer deems that there are grounds for referring the case to a family court for trial and decision, even if there is no suspicion of a crime having been committed.
司法警察員は、少年の被疑事件について捜査を遂げた結果、罰金以下の刑にあたる犯罪の嫌疑があるものと思料するときは、これを家庭裁判所に送致しなければならない。犯罪の嫌疑がない場合でも、家庭裁判所の審判に付すべき事由があると思料するときは、同様である。
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juvenile
「少年」
In this Act, a person under 20 years of age.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.