# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二十二条の六 (Article 22-6) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-6. 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: 第二十二条の六 (Article 22-6)（被害者等に対する説明） — address `art-22-6` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-6 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条の六（被害者等に対する説明） — (Explanations to the Victims) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-6 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、最高裁判所規則の定めるところにより第三条第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる少年に係る事件の被害者等から申出がある場合において、少年の健全な育成を妨げるおそれがなく相当と認めるときは、最高裁判所規則の定めるところにより、その申出をした者に対し、審判期日における審判の状況を説明するものとする。 art-22-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-6/par-1 Upon request from the victim, etc., of the case involving a juvenile as stated in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court, the family court is to give the victim, etc. an explanation on the status of the trial and decision on the trial and decision date as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, if it is found appropriate and unlikely to hinder the sound development of the juvenile. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申出は、その申出に係る事件を終局させる決定が確定した後三年を経過したときは、することができない。 art-22-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-6/par-2 The request stated in the preceding paragraph may not be filed when three years have passed since the ruling to close the case related to that request had become final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第五条の二第三項の規定は、第一項の規定により説明を受けた者について、準用する。 art-22-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-6/par-3 The provisions of Article 5-2, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the person who is given the explanations pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22-6/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-22-6/par-1: 第二号 → 少年法 第三条第一項第二号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-3/par-1/item-2 - art-22-6/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第二十二条の六第一項 (Article 22-6, paragraph (1)), art-22-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-6/par-1 - art-22-6/par-3: 第五条の二第三項 → 少年法 第五条の二第三項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (3)), art-5-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-5-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-5-2/par-3 - art-22-6/par-3: 第一項 → 少年法 第二十二条の六第一項 (Article 22-6, paragraph (1)), art-22-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-6/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第二十二条の六第二項（被害者等に対する説明） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-6/par-2 - 少年法 第二十二条の六第三項（被害者等に対する説明） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-22-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-22-6/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 - This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02