# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二十六条の三 (Article 26-3)

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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: 第二十六条の三 (Article 26-3)（同行状の執行の場合の仮収容） — address `art-26-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-3
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### 第二十六条の三（同行状の執行の場合の仮収容） — (Provisional Detention in the Case of Execution of an Escort Warrant)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-26-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-3</sup>

  **第一項**  第二十四条第一項第三号の決定を受けた少年に対して第二十六条第三項又は第四項の同行状を執行する場合において、必要があるときは、その少年を仮に最寄の少年鑑別所に収容することができる。
  <sup>art-26-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-26-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-3/par-1</sup>
  When the escort warrant prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (3) or (4) is enforced against a juvenile to whom a ruling as prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii) has been given, the family court may provisionally detain the juvenile at a nearby juvenile classification home if necessary.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-26-3/par-1: 第二十四条第一項第三号 → 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-26-3/par-1: 第二十六条第三項 → 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-26-3/par-1: 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

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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