# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第六条の六 (Article 6-6) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6. 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: 第六条の六 (Article 6-6)（警察官の送致等） — address `art-6-6` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条の六（警察官の送致等） — (Referral by Police Officer) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6 **第一項** 警察官は、調査の結果、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該調査に係る書類とともに事件を児童相談所長に送致しなければならない。 art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1 A police officer must refer the case, together with the documents on the investigation, to the director of a child guidance center, if the case falls under any of the following items as a result of the investigation: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第三条第一項第二号に掲げる少年に係る事件について、その少年の行為が次に掲げる罪に係る刑罰法令に触れるものであると思料するとき。 art-6-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1/item-1 a case concerning a juvenile as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii), in which they are considered to have committed a violation of criminal laws and regulations concerning the following crimes: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 故意の犯罪行為により被害者を死亡させた罪 art-6-6/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1/item-1/sub-1 an intentional criminal act which caused the death of a victim Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** イに掲げるもののほか、死刑又は無期若しくは短期二年以上の拘禁刑に当たる罪 art-6-6/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1/item-1/sub-2 beyond what is stated in item (a), any crime punishable by death penalty, or imprisonment for life or imprisonment with a minimum term of two years or more machine translation, not official **二** 前号に掲げるもののほか、第三条第一項第二号に掲げる少年に係る事件について、家庭裁判所の審判に付することが適当であると思料するとき。 art-6-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1/item-2 any case, in addition to what is prescribed in the preceding item, when it is considered appropriate to refer a case involving a juvenile as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii), to a family court for trial and decision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 警察官は、前項の規定により児童相談所長に送致した事件について、児童福祉法第二十七条第一項第四号の措置がとられた場合において、証拠物があるときは、これを家庭裁判所に送付しなければならない。 art-6-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-2 The police officer must send the family court any evidence obtained in relation to a case referred to the director of a child guidance center pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph if the measures prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Child Welfare Act have been implemented. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 警察官は、第一項の規定により事件を送致した場合を除き、児童福祉法第二十五条第一項の規定により調査に係る少年を児童相談所に通告するときは、国家公安委員会規則の定めるところにより、児童相談所に対し、同法による措置をとるについて参考となる当該調査の概要及び結果を通知するものとする。 art-6-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-3 If a police officer notifies a child guidance center of a juvenile subject to investigation pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Child Welfare Act, except when the case is referred pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), then the police officer is to provide the child guidance center with the outline and results of the investigation which will serve as a reference for the implementation of measures under that Act, pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the National Public Safety Commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6-6/par-1/item-1: 第三条第一項第二号 → 少年法 第三条第一項第二号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-3/par-1/item-2 - art-6-6/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 少年法 第六条の六第一項第一号 (Article 6-6, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-6-6/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1/item-1 - art-6-6/par-1/item-2: 第三条第一項第二号 → 少年法 第三条第一項第二号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-3/par-1/item-2 - art-6-6/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第六条の六第一項 (Article 6-6, paragraph (1)), art-6-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1 - art-6-6/par-2: 児童福祉法第二十七条第一項第四号 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000164, 第二十七条第一項第四号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-27/par-1/item-4 — not held in this collection - art-6-6/par-3: 第一項 → 少年法 第六条の六第一項 (Article 6-6, paragraph (1)), art-6-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1 - art-6-6/par-3: 児童福祉法第二十五条第一項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000164, 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第六条の六第一項第二号（警察官の送致等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1/item-2 - 少年法 第六条の六第二項（警察官の送致等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-2 - 少年法 第六条の六第三項（警察官の送致等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-3 - 少年法 第六条の七第一項（都道府県知事又は児童相談所長の送致） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-6-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-7/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-001, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02