# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二十六条 (Article 26) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26. 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: 第二十六条 (Article 26)（決定の執行） — address `art-26` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十六条（決定の執行） — (Execution of a Ruling) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、第十七条第一項第二号、第十七条の四第一項並びに第二十四条第一項第二号及び第三号の決定をしたときは、家庭裁判所調査官、裁判所書記官、法務事務官、法務教官、警察官、保護観察官又は児童福祉司をして、その決定を執行させることができる。 art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-1 The family court may have a family court investigating officer, court clerk, official at the Ministry of Justice, instructor at a correctional facility, police officer, probation officer or child welfare officer enforce a ruling given pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 17-4, paragraph (1), and Article 24, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、第十七条第一項第二号、第十七条の四第一項並びに第二十四条第一項第二号及び第三号の決定を執行するため必要があるときは、少年に対して、呼出状を発して、その呼出しをすることができる。 art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-2 The family court may issue a writ of summons to summon a juvenile, if it is necessary to enforce a ruling given pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 17-4, paragraph (1), and Article 24, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、少年が、正当な理由がなく、前項の規定による呼出しに応じないとき、又は応じないおそれがあるときは、その少年に対して、同行状を発して、その同行をすることができる。 art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-3 The family court may issue an escort warrant for a juvenile and escort them if they fail to comply with or are likely to fail to comply with the summons under the provisions of the preceding paragraph without reasonable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 家庭裁判所は、少年が保護のため緊急を要する状態にあつて、その福祉上必要であると認めるときは、前項の規定にかかわらず、その少年に対して、同行状を発して、その同行をすることができる。 art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, when it is found that a juvenile urgently is in need of protection, and is necessary for the juvenile's welfare, the family court may issue an escort warrant to that juvenile and escort them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第十三条の規定は、前二項の同行状に、これを準用する。 art-26/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-5 The provisions of Article 13 apply mutatis mutandis to the escort warrant prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 裁判長は、急速を要する場合には、第一項及び第四項の処分をし、又は合議体の構成員にこれをさせることができる。 art-26/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-6 In urgent cases, the presiding judge may impose the disposition stated in paragraphs (1) and (4), or have a member of the panel of judges do this. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-26/par-1: 第十七条第一項第二号 → 少年法 第十七条第一項第二号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-17/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17/par-1/item-2 - art-26/par-1: 第十七条の四第一項 → 少年法 第十七条の四第一項 (Article 17-4, paragraph (1)), art-17-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-4/par-1 - art-26/par-1: 第二十四条第一項第二号 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項第二号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-24/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1/item-2 - art-26/par-1: 第三号 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項第三号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-24/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1/item-3 - art-26/par-2: 第十七条第一項第二号 → 少年法 第十七条第一項第二号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-17/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17/par-1/item-2 - art-26/par-2: 第十七条の四第一項 → 少年法 第十七条の四第一項 (Article 17-4, paragraph (1)), art-17-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-4/par-1 - art-26/par-2: 第二十四条第一項第二号 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項第二号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-24/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1/item-2 - art-26/par-2: 第三号 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項第三号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-24/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1/item-3 - art-26/par-3: 前項 → 少年法 第二十六条第二項 (Article 26, paragraph (2)), art-26/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-2 - art-26/par-4: 前項 → 少年法 第二十六条第三項 (Article 26, paragraph (3)), art-26/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-3 - art-26/par-5: 第十三条 → 少年法 第十三条 (Article 13), art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-13 - art-26/par-5: 前二項 → 少年法 第二十六条第三項 (Article 26, paragraph (3)), art-26/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-3 - art-26/par-5: 前二項 → 少年法 第二十六条第四項 (Article 26, paragraph (4)), art-26/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-4 - art-26/par-6: 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 - art-26/par-6: 第四項 → 少年法 第二十六条第四項 (Article 26, paragraph (4)), art-26/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-4 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第十六条第一項（援助、協力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-16/par-1 - 少年法 第二十六条第三項（決定の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-3 - 少年法 第二十六条第四項（決定の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-4 - 少年法 第二十六条第五項（決定の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-5 - 少年法 第二十六条第六項（決定の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-6 - 少年法 第二十六条の三第一項（同行状の執行の場合の仮収容） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-3/par-1 - 少年法 第六十五条第二項（この法律の適用関係） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-65/par-2 --- ## 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