# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第十六条 (Article 16) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-16. 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: 第十六条 (Article 16)（援助、協力） — address `art-16` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-16 - 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. --- ### 第十六条（援助、協力） — (Assistance and Cooperation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-16 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、調査及び観察のため、警察官、保護観察官、保護司、児童福祉司（児童福祉法第十二条の三第二項第六号に規定する児童福祉司をいう。第二十六条第一項において同じ。）又は児童委員に対して、必要な援助をさせることができる。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-16/par-1 The family court may have a police officer, a probation officer, a volunteer probation officer, a child welfare officer (which means a child welfare officer as prescribed in Article 12-3, paragraph (2), item (vi) of the Child Welfare Act; this also applies in Article 26, paragraph (1) of this Act), or a commissioned child welfare volunteer provide necessary assistance in investigation and observation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、その職務を行うについて、公務所、公私の団体、学校、病院その他に対して、必要な協力を求めることができる。 art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-16/par-2 The family court may request the necessary cooperation from public offices, public and private organizations, schools, hospitals and others in performing their duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-16/par-1: 児童福祉法第十二条の三第二項第六号 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000164, 第十二条の三第二項第六号 (Article 12-3, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-12-3/par-2/item-6 — not held in this collection - art-16/par-1: 第二十六条第一項 → 少年法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第三十条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-30-2/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