# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第四十五条の三 (Article 45-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-45-3. 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: 第四十五条の三 (Article 45-3)（訴訟費用の負担） — address `art-45-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-45-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-45-3 - 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. --- ### 第四十五条の三（訴訟費用の負担） — (Bearing of Court Costs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-45-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-45-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-45-3 **第一項** 家庭裁判所が、先に裁判官により被疑者のため弁護人が付された事件について第二十三条第二項又は第二十四条第一項の決定をするときは、刑事訴訟法中、訴訟費用の負担に関する規定を準用する。この場合において、同法第百八十一条第一項及び第二項中「刑の言渡」とあるのは、「保護処分の決定」と読み替えるものとする。 art-45-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-45-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-45-3/par-1 If a family court makes the ruling prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (2), or in Article 24, paragraph (1), regarding a case in which a judge assigns a defense counsel, in advance, for the suspect, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure concerning the bearing of court costs apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, the term "render a sentence" in Article 181, paragraphs (1) and (2) in that Code is replaced by "give a ruling on disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 検察官は、家庭裁判所が少年に訴訟費用の負担を命ずる裁判をした事件について、その裁判を執行するため必要な限度で、最高裁判所規則の定めるところにより、事件の記録及び証拠物を閲覧し、及び謄写することができる。 art-45-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-45-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-45-3/par-2 In a case in which a family court decides to order the juvenile to bear the court costs, a public prosecutor may inspect and copy the records and evidence of the case to the extent that is necessary to enforce the court decision, as prescribed by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-45-3/par-1: 第二十三条第二項 → 少年法 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-23/par-2 - art-45-3/par-1: 第二十四条第一項 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/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