# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第六十三条 (Article 63) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-63. 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: 第六十三条 (Article 63) — address `art-63` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-63 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-63 - 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. --- ### 第六十三条 art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-63 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、公職選挙法（昭和二十五年法律第百号。他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）及び政治資金規正法（昭和二十三年法律第百九十四号）に規定する罪の事件（次項に規定する場合に係る同項に規定する罪の事件を除く。）であつて、その罪を犯すとき特定少年に係るものについて、前条第一項の規定により検察官に送致するかどうかを決定するに当たつては、選挙の公正の確保等を考慮して行わなければならない。 art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-63/par-1 In deciding whether or not to refer the case to a public prosecutor pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, in relation to any of the crimes prescribed in the Public Offices Election Act (Act No. 100 of 1950; including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other laws) and the Political Funds Control Act (Act No. 194 of 1948) (excluding cases involving the crime prescribed in the following paragraph, that fall under that paragraph), which involved someone who was a specified juvenile when they committed the relevant crime, the family court must take into consideration the ensuring, etc. of fairness in elections. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In deciding whether or not to refer the case to a public prosecutor pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, in relation to any of the crimes prescribed in the Public Offices Election Act (Act No. 100 of 1950; including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other laws) and the Political Funds Control Act (Act No. 194 of 1948) (excluding cases involving the crime prescribed in the following paragraph, that fall under that paragraph), which involved someone who was a specified juvenile when they committed the relevant crime, when the family court must take into consideration for ensuring, etc. of fairness in elections." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、公職選挙法第二百四十七条の罪又は同法第二百五十一条の二第一項各号に掲げる者が犯した同項に規定する罪、同法第二百五十一条の三第一項の組織的選挙運動管理者等が犯した同項に規定する罪若しくは同法第二百五十一条の四第一項各号に掲げる者が犯した同項に規定する罪の事件であつて、その罪を犯すとき特定少年に係るものについて、その罪質が選挙の公正の確保に重大な支障を及ぼすと認める場合には、前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、同項の決定をしなければならない。この場合においては、同条第二項ただし書の規定を準用する。 art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-63/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, in a case of a specified juvenile involved in the crime referred to in Article 247 of the Public Offices Election Act, or the crime prescribed in Article 251-2, paragraph (1) of that Act which is committed by any of the persons stated in any of the items in that paragraph, the crime prescribed in Article 251-3, paragraph (1) of that Act which is committed by the organizational election campaign manager, etc. referred to in that paragraph or in case of a crime prescribed in Article 251-4, paragraph(1) of that Act which is committed by any of the persons stated in any of the items in that paragraph, in which the specified juvenile was a specified juvenile when they committed the crime, the family court must give the ruling referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article if it finds that the nature of the crime is seriously prejudicial to ensuring fairness in elections. In this case, the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, in a case of a specified juvenile involved in the crime referred to in Article 247 of the Public Offices Election Act, or the crime prescribed in Article 251-2, paragraph (1) of that Act which is committed by any of the persons stated in the any of the items in that paragraph, the crime prescribed in Article 251-3, paragraph (1) of that Act which is committed by the organizational election campaign manager, etc. referred to in that paragraph or in case of a crime prescribed in Article 251-4, paragraph(1) of that Act which is committed by any of the persons stated in the any of the items in that paragraph, in which the specified juvenile was a specified juvenile when they committed the crime, the family court must give the ruling referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article if it finds that the nature of the crime is seriously prejudicial to ensuring fairness in elections. In this case, the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb --- ## Cites - art-63/par-1: 次項 → 少年法 第六十三条第二項 (Article 63, paragraph (2)), art-63/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-63/par-2 - art-63/par-1: 前条第一項 → 少年法 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-62/par-1 - art-63/par-2: 公職選挙法第二百四十七条 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第二百四十七条 (Article 247), art-247 — not held in this collection - art-63/par-2: 同法第二百五十一条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第二百五十一条の二第一項 (Article 251-2, paragraph (1)), art-251-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-63/par-2: 同法第二百五十一条の三第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第二百五十一条の三第一項 (Article 251-3, paragraph (1)), art-251-3/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-63/par-2: 同法第二百五十一条の四第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第二百五十一条の四第一項 (Article 251-4, paragraph (1)), art-251-4/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-63/par-2: 前条第一項 → 少年法 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-62/par-1 - art-63/par-2: 同条第二項 → 少年法 第六十二条第二項 (Article 62, paragraph (2)), art-62/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-62/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第六十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-63/par-1 - 少年法 附則第二条第一項（検察官への送致に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/suppl-5031-47/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5031-47/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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 63, paragraph (1) — 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 (少年法), Article 63, paragraph (2) — 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