# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第四十六条 (Article 46) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46. 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46)（保護処分等の効力） — address `art-46` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46 - 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. --- ### 第四十六条（保護処分等の効力） — (Effect of Disposition for Rehabilitation of an Adjudicated Delinquent ) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46 **第一項** 罪を犯した少年に対して第二十四条第一項の保護処分がなされたときは、審判を経た事件について、刑事訴追をし、又は家庭裁判所の審判に付することができない。 art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-1 If a disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent, as prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (1), has been made against a juvenile who has committed a crime, the case for which a trial and decision have been concluded may not be criminally prosecuted or be subjected to a trial and decision in a family court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第二十二条の二第一項の決定がされた場合において、同項の決定があつた事件につき、審判に付すべき事由の存在が認められないこと又は保護処分に付する必要がないことを理由とした保護処分に付さない旨の決定が確定したときは、その事件についても、前項と同様とする。 art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-2 If a ruling referred to in Article 22-2, paragraph (1) has been given to a case, and the ruling not to subject a juvenile to disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent becomes final and binding on the case on which the ruling referred to in that paragraph has been given, on the ground that there are no grounds to subject the juvenile to a trial and decision, or that it is not necessary to subject the juvenile to the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent, the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定は、第二十七条の二第一項の規定による保護処分の取消しの決定が確定した事件については、適用しない。ただし、当該事件につき同条第六項の規定によりその例によることとされる第二十二条の二第一項の決定がされた場合であつて、その取消しの理由が審判に付すべき事由の存在が認められないことであるときは、この限りでない。 art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to the case in which a ruling to revoke a disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-2, paragraph (1) has become final and binding; provided, however, that this does not apply to the case, if a ruling as prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (1) that is to be governed by the provisions of Article 27-2, paragraph (6) is given, and the disposition is revoked on the grounds that there is no reason to subject a juvenile to a trial and decision. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to the case in which a ruling to revoke a disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-2, paragraph (1) has become final and binding; provided, however, that this does not apply to the case, if a ruling as prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (1) that is to be governed by the provisions of Article 27-2, paragraph (6) is given, and the disposition is revoked on the grounds that there are no reason to subject a juvenile to a hearing and decision." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb --- ## Cites - art-46/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 - art-46/par-2: 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-46/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-3: 第一項 → 少年法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-3: 第二十七条の二第一項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第一項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (1)), art-27-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-1 - art-46/par-3: 同条第六項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第六項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (6)), art-27-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-6 - art-46/par-3: 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 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第四十六条第二項（保護処分等の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-2 - 少年法 第四十六条第三項（保護処分等の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-3 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Juveniles Act, written 2026-11-03 - 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 (少年法), Article 46, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb), 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