# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第十七条の三 (Article 17-3)

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- 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: 第十七条の三 (Article 17-3)（特別抗告） — address `art-17-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-3
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### 第十七条の三（特別抗告） — (Special Appeal)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-17-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-3</sup>

  **第一項**  第三十五条第一項の規定は、前条第三項の決定について準用する。この場合において、第三十五条第一項中「二週間」とあるのは、「五日」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-17-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-3/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 35, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the ruling prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article. In this case, the term "two weeks" in Article 35, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "five days."
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前条第四項及び第三十二条の二の規定は、前項の規定による抗告があつた場合について準用する。
  <sup>art-17-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-3/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article and Article 32-2 apply mutatis mutandis if an appeal is filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-17-3/par-1: 第三十五条第一項 → 少年法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-35/par-1
- art-17-3/par-1: 前条第三項 → 少年法 第十七条の二第三項 (Article 17-2, paragraph (3)), art-17-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-2/par-3
- art-17-3/par-2: 前条第四項 → 少年法 第十七条の二第四項 (Article 17-2, paragraph (4)), art-17-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-2/par-4
- art-17-3/par-2: 第三十二条の二 → 少年法 第三十二条の二 (Article 32-2), art-32-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-2
- art-17-3/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第十七条の三第一項 (Article 17-3, paragraph (1)), art-17-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-3/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 少年法 第十七条の三第二項（特別抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-3/par-2

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## 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
