The family court may have a family court investigating officer, court clerk, official at the Ministry of Justice, instructor at a correctional facility, police officer, probation officer or child welfare officer enforce a ruling given pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 17-4, paragraph (1), and Article 24, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii).
家庭裁判所は、第十七条第一項第二号、第十七条の四第一項並びに第二十四条第一項第二号及び第三号の決定をしたときは、家庭裁判所調査官、裁判所書記官、法務事務官、法務教官、警察官、保護観察官又は児童福祉司をして、その決定を執行させることができる。
The family court may issue a writ of summons to summon a juvenile, if it is necessary to enforce a ruling given pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 17-4, paragraph (1), and Article 24, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii).
家庭裁判所は、第十七条第一項第二号、第十七条の四第一項並びに第二十四条第一項第二号及び第三号の決定を執行するため必要があるときは、少年に対して、呼出状を発して、その呼出しをすることができる。
The family court may issue an escort warrant for a juvenile and escort them if they fail to comply with or are likely to fail to comply with the summons under the provisions of the preceding paragraph without reasonable grounds.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, when it is found that a juvenile urgently is in need of protection, and is necessary for the juvenile's welfare, the family court may issue an escort warrant to that juvenile and escort them.
Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The provisions of Article 13 apply mutatis mutandis to the escort warrant prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs.
In urgent cases, the presiding judge may impose the disposition stated in paragraphs (1) and (4), or have a member of the panel of judges do this.
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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
child welfare officermachine translation
「児童福祉司」
In Article 16, paragraph (1) and Article 26, paragraph (1), a child welfare officer as defined in Article 12-3, paragraph (2), item (vi) of the Child Welfare Act: a staff member in charge of affairs concerning the welfare of children.
Defined inArticle 16, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 26, paragraph (1)