Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2022.
この法律は、令和四年四月一日から施行する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Concerning Referral to a Public Prosecutor
第二条（検察官への送致に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Articles 62 and 63 of the Juveniles Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Juveniles Act") apply to the referral by a family court to a public prosecutor of a case relating to an act committed after this Act comes into effect.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Concerning Referral by a Judicial Police Officer
第三条（司法警察員の送致に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1) of the New Juveniles Act (limited to the portion relating to Article 41 of the Juveniles Act) apply to the referral by a judicial police officer to a family court of a case relating to an act committed after this Act comes into effect.
新少年法第六十七条第一項（少年法第四十一条に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、この法律の施行後にした行為に係る事件の司法警察員から家庭裁判所への送致について適用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Indeterminate Sentences, Parole, and Termination of the Parole Period
第四条（不定期刑、仮釈放及び仮釈放期間の終了に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 67, paragraph (4) of the New Juveniles Act (limited to the portion relating to Article 52 of the Juveniles Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) and paragraph (5) of that Article do not apply to the application of sentences, the period until parole may be granted, and the termination of the parole period for acts committed before this Act comes into effect (including, in the case where acts falling under those crime names where a single act falls under two or more crime names, acts falling under those crime names where an act that is the means or result of a crime falls under another crime name, or acts constituting crimes to be dealt with as concurrent crimes include acts both before and after this Act comes into effect, those acts); provided, however, that in the case where acts falling under those crime names where a single act falls under two or more crime names, acts falling under those crime names where an act that is the means or result of a crime falls under another crime name, or acts constituting crimes to be dealt with as concurrent crimes include acts both before and after this Act comes into effect, if the sentence that could be imposed were Article 67, paragraph (4) of the New Juveniles Act applied only to the crimes relating to those of these acts that were committed after this Act comes into effect is heavier than the sentence that could be imposed were that paragraph not applied to all of the crimes relating to these acts, the heavier sentence is to be the sentence that may be imposed for the application of sentences, and paragraph (5) of that Article applies to the period until parole may be granted and the termination of the parole period.
新少年法第六十七条第四項（少年法第五十二条に係る部分に限る。以下この条において同じ。）及び第五項の規定は、この法律の施行前にした行為（一個の行為が二個以上の罪名に触れる場合におけるこれらの罪名に触れる行為、犯罪の手段若しくは結果である行為が他の罪名に触れる場合におけるこれらの罪名に触れる行為又は併合罪として処断すべき罪に当たる行為にこの法律の施行前のものと施行後のものがある場合においては、これらの行為を含む。）に係る刑の適用、仮釈放をすることができるまでの期間及び仮釈放期間の終了については、適用しない。ただし、一個の行為が二個以上の罪名に触れる場合におけるこれらの罪名に触れる行為、犯罪の手段若しくは結果である行為が他の罪名に触れる場合におけるこれらの罪名に触れる行為又は併合罪として処断すべき罪に当たる行為にこの法律の施行前のものと施行後のものがある場合において、これらの行為のうちこの法律の施行後のものであるものに係る罪のみについて新少年法第六十七条第四項の規定を適用することとした場合に言い渡すことができる刑が、これらの行為に係る罪の全てについて同項の規定を適用しないこととした場合に言い渡すことができる刑より重い刑となるときは、刑の適用についてはその重い刑をもって言い渡すことができる刑とし、仮釈放をすることができるまでの期間及び仮釈放期間の終了については同条第五項の規定を適用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Concerning Prohibition on Disposition in Lieu of Punishment
第五条（換刑処分の禁止に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 67, paragraph (4) of the New Juveniles Act (limited to the portion relating to Article 54 of the Juveniles Act) apply to sentencing to detention in a workhouse relating to a fine or petty fine imposed for an act committed after this Act comes into effect (excluding a fine or petty fine set out in the following items).
新少年法第六十七条第四項（少年法第五十四条に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、この法律の施行後にした行為について科せられる罰金又は科料（次に掲げる罰金又は科料を除く。）に係る労役場留置の言渡しについて適用する。
In the case where acts falling under those crime names where a single act falls under two or more crime names, or acts falling under those crime names where an act that is the means or result of a crime falls under another crime name, include acts both before and after this Act comes into effect, a fine or petty fine imposed for those acts;
一個の行為が二個以上の罪名に触れる場合におけるこれらの罪名に触れる行為又は犯罪の手段若しくは結果である行為が他の罪名に触れる場合におけるこれらの罪名に触れる行為にこの法律の施行前のものと施行後のものがある場合において、これらの行為について科せられる罰金又は科料
In the case where acts constituting crimes dealt with as concurrent crimes pursuant to Article 48, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) include acts both before and after this Act comes into effect, a fine imposed for those acts.
刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第四十八条第二項の規定により併合罪として処断された罪に当たる行為にこの法律の施行前のものと施行後のものがある場合において、これらの行為について科せられる罰金
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Transitional Measures Concerning Application of Laws and Regulations Concerning Personal Qualification
第六条（人の資格に関する法令の適用に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of laws and regulations concerning personal qualification to a person who was sentenced for an offense committed as a juvenile aged 18 or older and, before this Act comes into effect, has finished serving the sentence or been exempted from execution of the sentence, or a person who was sentenced for an offense committed as a juvenile aged 18 or older and is, at the time this Act comes into effect, under suspension of execution of the sentence, the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (6) of the New Juveniles Act do not apply.
十八歳以上の少年のとき犯した罪により刑に処せられてこの法律の施行前に当該刑の執行を受け終わり若しくは執行の免除を受けた者又は十八歳以上の少年のとき犯した罪について刑に処せられた者でこの法律の施行の際現に当該刑の執行猶予中のものに対する人の資格に関する法令の適用については、新少年法第六十七条第六項の規定は、適用しない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Transitional Measures Concerning Prohibition on Publication of News Articles
第七条（記事等の掲載の禁止に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 68 of the New Juveniles Act apply to a case where a public prosecution is instituted after this Act comes into effect.
新少年法第六十八条の規定は、この法律の施行後に公訴を提起された場合について適用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 8Review
第八条（検討）
If five years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, the Government is to review the desirable form of the system for the procedure in cases concerning persons aged 18 or older and under 20 who have committed an offense, dispositions, and the treatment of such persons, etc., taking into account the status of enforcement of the provisions as amended by this Act and the provisions as amended by the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code (Act No. 59 of 2018), and changes in social conditions and public awareness after the enforcement of those provisions, and, if it finds it necessary, take the necessary measures based on the results.
政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、この法律による改正後の規定及び民法の一部を改正する法律（平成三十年法律第五十九号）による改正後の規定の施行の状況並びにこれらの規定の施行後の社会情勢及び国民の意識の変化等を踏まえ、罪を犯した十八歳以上二十歳未満の者に係る事件の手続及び処分並びにその者に対する処遇に関する制度の在り方等について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
juvenile
「少年」
In this Act, a person under 20 years of age.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
New Juveniles Actmachine translation
「新少年法」
This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 47 of 2021.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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.
public prosecutor
検察官
The official who brings a prosecution (公訴) for a crime before a court (Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 247), and who may decide not to prosecute where, in view of the offender's character, age and circumstances, the gravity and circumstances of the offence and what happened after it, prosecution is not needed (Article 248). In criminal cases a public prosecutor asks the court to apply the law correctly and oversees the carrying out of its judgments; and, as the representative of the public interest, a public prosecutor also does the work other laws and regulations assign to a public prosecutor, which is not limited to criminal cases (Public Prosecutors Office Act, Article 4). A public prosecutor may investigate any crime (Article 6, paragraph (1)). Public prosecutors work through the public prosecutors offices (検察庁): the Supreme, High, District and Local Public Prosecutors Offices (Article 1).
Written by AI using Code of Criminal Procedure, Arts. 247, 248 and Public Prosecutors Office Act, Arts. 1, 4, 6 as a reference.
suspended sentence
執行猶予
A court's decision, when it passes a sentence, to hold off carrying it out. A person sentenced to imprisonment (拘禁刑) of three years or less or a fine (罰金) of 500,000 yen or less who has not been sentenced to imprisonment before, or not within five years of finishing such a sentence, may have the whole of it suspended for one to five years from the day the judgment becomes final (Penal Code, Article 25, paragraph (1)), and may be put under probation (保護観察) for that time (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)). A person whose earlier imprisonment was itself wholly suspended may have a new sentence of two years or less suspended again where there are especially extenuating circumstances, and is then put under probation (Article 25, paragraph (2); Article 25-2, paragraph (1)). If the period passes without the suspension being revoked, the sentence loses its effect (Article 27, paragraph (1)), unless a prosecution is pending for a crime committed in the period, in which case it stays in effect and can still be revoked (paragraphs (2), (4) and (5)); it must or may be revoked if, for example, the person commits another crime in the period and is sentenced to imprisonment without suspension (Articles 26 and 26-2). A sentence of imprisonment of three years or less may also be suspended in part, the rest being served first (Article 27-2).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 25 to 27-2 as a reference.