# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二十二条の二 (Article 22-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-2. 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: 第二十二条の二 (Article 22-2)（検察官の関与） — address `art-22-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-2 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条の二（検察官の関与） — (Public Prosecutor Participation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-2 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、第三条第一項第一号に掲げる少年に係る事件であつて、死刑又は無期若しくは長期三年を超える拘禁刑に当たる罪のものにおいて、その非行事実を認定するための審判の手続に検察官が関与する必要があると認めるときは、決定をもつて、審判に検察官を出席させることができる。 art-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-2/par-1 The family court, by a ruling, may have a public prosecutor participate in a trial and decision for a case involving a juvenile as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i) concerning a crime which is punishable by the death penalty, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment with a maximum term exceeding three years, when the court finds that the participation of a public prosecutor in the trial and decision is necessary to certify the facts of the delinquent act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、前項の決定をするには、検察官の申出がある場合を除き、あらかじめ、検察官の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-22-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-2/par-2 The family court must hear the opinion of a public prosecutor, in advance, to give the ruling stated in the preceding paragraph, except for when the public prosecutor requests to attend the hearing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 検察官は、第一項の決定があつた事件において、その非行事実の認定に資するため必要な限度で、最高裁判所規則の定めるところにより、事件の記録及び証拠物を閲覧し及び謄写し、審判の手続（事件を終局させる決定の告知を含む。）に立ち会い、少年及び証人その他の関係人に発問し、並びに意見を述べることができる。 art-22-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-2/par-3 If a ruling, as prescribed in paragraph (1), is given on the case, the public prosecutor, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, may inspect and copy the records of the case and articles of evidence, attend the trial and decision (including the announcement of the ruling that closes the case), ask questions to the juvenile, witnesses and other concerned persons, and give opinions to the extent that is necessary to certify the facts of the delinquent act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22-2/par-1: 第三条第一項第一号 → 少年法 第三条第一項第一号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-3/par-1/item-1 - art-22-2/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第二十二条の二第一項 (Article 22-2, paragraph (1)), art-22-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-2/par-1 - art-22-2/par-3: 第一項 → 少年法 第二十二条の二第一項 (Article 22-2, paragraph (1)), art-22-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-2/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第二十二条の二第二項（検察官の関与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-2/par-2 - 少年法 第二十二条の二第三項（検察官の関与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-2/par-3 - 少年法 第二十二条の三第一項（国選付添人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-3/par-1 - 少年法 第二十二条の三第二項（国選付添人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-3/par-2 - 少年法 第三十二条の四第一項（抗告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-1 - 少年法 第四十六条第二項（保護処分等の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-2 - 少年法 第四十六条第三項（保護処分等の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-3 - 少年法 附則第二条第三項（少年法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/suppl-4121-142/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-4121-142/art-2/par-3 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-001, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02