# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二十二条の五 (Article 22-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5. 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: 第二十二条の五 (Article 22-5)（弁護士である付添人からの意見の聴取等） — address `art-22-5` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条の五（弁護士である付添人からの意見の聴取等） — (Hearing of Opinions from the Attendant Who is an Attorney-at-Law) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、前条第一項の規定により審判の傍聴を許すには、あらかじめ、弁護士である付添人の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-22-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-1 Before permitting observation of the trial and decision pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the family court must hear opinions from the attendant who is an attorney-at-law. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、前項の場合において、少年に弁護士である付添人がないときは、弁護士である付添人を付さなければならない。 art-22-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-2 In the case of the preceding paragraph, the family court must appoint an attendant who is an attorney-at-law, if the juvenile does not have such an attendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case of the preceding paragraph, the family court must appoint an attendant who is an attorney-at-law, if the juvenile does not have such an attendantone." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb **第三項** 少年に弁護士である付添人がない場合であつて、最高裁判所規則の定めるところにより少年及び保護者がこれを必要としない旨の意思を明示したときは、前二項の規定は適用しない。 art-22-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-3 If the juvenile does not have an attendant who is an attorney-at-law, then the provisions in the preceding two paragraphs do not apply if the juvenile and the parent or guardian clearly indicate that they do not require an attendant pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二十二条の三第三項の規定は、第二項の規定により家庭裁判所が付すべき付添人について、準用する。 art-22-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-4 The provisions of Article 22-3, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the attendant who must be appointed by the family court pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22-5/par-1: 前条第一項 → 少年法 第二十二条の四第一項 (Article 22-4, paragraph (1)), art-22-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-4/par-1 - art-22-5/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第二十二条の五第一項 (Article 22-5, paragraph (1)), art-22-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-1 - art-22-5/par-3: 前二項 → 少年法 第二十二条の五第一項 (Article 22-5, paragraph (1)), art-22-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-1 - art-22-5/par-3: 前二項 → 少年法 第二十二条の五第二項 (Article 22-5, paragraph (2)), art-22-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-2 - art-22-5/par-4: 第二十二条の三第三項 → 少年法 第二十二条の三第三項 (Article 22-3, paragraph (3)), art-22-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-3/par-3 - art-22-5/par-4: 第二項 → 少年法 第二十二条の五第二項 (Article 22-5, paragraph (2)), art-22-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第二十二条の三第四項（国選付添人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-3/par-4 - 少年法 第二十二条の五第二項（弁護士である付添人からの意見の聴取等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-2 - 少年法 第二十二条の五第三項（弁護士である付添人からの意見の聴取等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-3 - 少年法 第二十二条の五第四項（弁護士である付添人からの意見の聴取等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-5/par-4 - 少年法 第三十一条第一項（費用の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Juveniles Act, written 2026-11-03 - 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 (少年法), Article 22-5, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb), 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