# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第三十二条の四 (Article 32-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4. 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: 第三十二条の四 (Article 32-4)（抗告受理の申立て） — address `art-32-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4 - 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. --- ### 第三十二条の四（抗告受理の申立て） — (Request for Acceptance of an Appeal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-32-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4 **第一項** 検察官は、第二十二条の二第一項の決定がされた場合においては、保護処分に付さない決定又は保護処分の決定に対し、同項の決定があつた事件の非行事実の認定に関し、決定に影響を及ぼす法令の違反又は重大な事実の誤認があることを理由とするときに限り、高等裁判所に対し、二週間以内に、抗告審として事件を受理すべきことを申し立てることができる。 art-32-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-1 If a ruling is made as prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (1), a public prosecutor may file a request for acceptance of an appeal which may be filed with the high court within two weeks regarding the ruling to impose or not to impose the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent by the court of second instance, only if the appeal is based on a violation of laws and regulations that affect the ruling, or if a serious inaccuracy of facts is found concerning the fact finding on the delinquent act, for the case that the ruling prescribed in that paragraph is given. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による申立て（以下「抗告受理の申立て」という。）は、申立書を原裁判所に差し出してしなければならない。この場合において、原裁判所は、速やかにこれを高等裁判所に送付しなければならない。 art-32-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-2 The request pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to as "request for acceptance of an appeal" below) must be filed by a written request to the court of prior instance. In this case, the court of prior instance must promptly transfer it to a high court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 高等裁判所は、抗告受理の申立てがされた場合において、抗告審として事件を受理するのを相当と認めるときは、これを受理することができる。この場合においては、その旨の決定をしなければならない。 art-32-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-3 When a request for acceptance of an appeal is filed, the high court may accept it if it finds it appropriate to accept the case as the court of second instance. In this case, the high court must give a ruling to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 高等裁判所は、前項の決定をする場合において、抗告受理の申立ての理由中に重要でないと認めるものがあるときは、これを排除することができる。 art-32-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-4 When making the ruling prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the high court may eliminate any of the reasons from the reasons stated in the request for acceptance of an appeal, if the court finds it unimportant. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第三項の決定は、高等裁判所が原裁判所から第二項の申立書の送付を受けた日から二週間以内にしなければならない。 art-32-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-5 The high court must give the ruling prescribed in paragraph (3) within two weeks from the date on which the court received the written request prescribed in paragraph (2) from the court of prior instance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第三項の決定があつた場合には、抗告があつたものとみなす。この場合において、第三十二条の二の規定の適用については、抗告受理の申立ての理由中第四項の規定により排除されたもの以外のものを抗告の趣意とみなす。 art-32-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-6 When the ruling prescribed in paragraph (3) is made, it is deemed that an appeal has been filed. In this case, to apply the provisions of Article 32-2, the reasons for the request for acceptance of an appeal, excluding those eliminated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4), are deemed as the reasons for the appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-32-4/par-1: 第二十二条の二第一項 → 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 - art-32-4/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第三十二条の四第一項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (1)), art-32-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-1 - art-32-4/par-4: 前項 → 少年法 第三十二条の四第三項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (3)), art-32-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-3 - art-32-4/par-5: 第三項 → 少年法 第三十二条の四第三項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (3)), art-32-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-3 - art-32-4/par-5: 第二項 → 少年法 第三十二条の四第二項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (2)), art-32-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-2 - art-32-4/par-6: 第三項 → 少年法 第三十二条の四第三項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (3)), art-32-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-3 - art-32-4/par-6: 第三十二条の二 → 少年法 第三十二条の二 (Article 32-2), art-32-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-2 - art-32-4/par-6: 第四項 → 少年法 第三十二条の四第四項 (Article 32-4, paragraph (4)), art-32-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第三十二条の四第二項（抗告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-2 - 少年法 第三十二条の四第四項（抗告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-4 - 少年法 第三十二条の四第五項（抗告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-5 - 少年法 第三十二条の四第六項（抗告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-6 - 少年法 第三十二条の五第一項（抗告審における国選付添人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-32-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-5/par-1 --- ## 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