# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第十一条 (Article 11) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-11. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 少年法 (Juveniles Act), 昭和二十三年法律第百六十八号 - English title "Juveniles Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十一条 (Article 11)（呼出し及び同行） — address `art-11` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-11 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-11 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十一条（呼出し及び同行） — (Summons and Escort) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-11 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、事件の調査又は審判について必要があると認めるときは、少年又は保護者に対して、呼出状を発して、その呼出しをすることができる。 art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-11/par-1 The family court may issue a summons to a juvenile or parent or guardian and summon them when it is found necessary for the investigation or trial and decision of the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、少年又は保護者が、正当な理由がなく、前項の規定による呼出しに応じないとき、又は応じないおそれがあるときは、その少年又は保護者に対して、同行状を発して、その同行をすることができる。 art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-11/par-2 The family court may issue an escort warrant for a juvenile or a parent or guardian and escort them if they fail to comply with, or are likely to fail to comply with, the summons provided in the preceding paragraph without reasonable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-11/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-11/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第十一条第二項（呼出し及び同行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-11/par-2 - 少年法 第十二条第一項（緊急の場合の同行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-12/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 少年法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000168/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Juveniles Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02