# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第六十四条 (Article 64) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64. 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: 第六十四条 (Article 64)（保護処分についての特例） — address `art-64` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64 - 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. --- ### 第六十四条（保護処分についての特例） — (Special Provisions on Disposition for Rehabilitation of an Adjudicated Delinquent ) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64 **第一項** 第二十四条第一項の規定にかかわらず、家庭裁判所は、第二十三条の場合を除いて、審判を開始した事件につき、少年が特定少年である場合には、犯情の軽重を考慮して相当な限度を超えない範囲内において、決定をもつて、次の各号に掲げる保護処分のいずれかをしなければならない。ただし、罰金以下の刑に当たる罪の事件については、第一号の保護処分に限り、これをすることができる。 art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1), except for the case referred to in Article 23, the family court, in a juvenile case for which it has commenced a trial and decision, must subject a juvenile to any of the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent stated in the following items by a ruling within a reasonable extent, in consideration of the seriousness of the circumstances of the crime, if the juvenile is a specified juvenile; provided, however, that only the dispositions referred to in item (i) may be implemented for a case of a crime punishable by a fine or lighter punishment: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 六月の保護観察所の保護観察に付すること。 art-64/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1/item-1 placing the juvenile on probation at the probation office for six months; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 二年の保護観察所の保護観察に付すること。 art-64/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1/item-2 placing the juvenile on probation at the probation office for two years; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 少年院に送致すること。 art-64/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1/item-3 referring the juvenile to a juvenile training school. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項第二号の保護観察においては、第六十六条第一項に規定する場合に、同項の決定により少年院に収容することができるものとし、家庭裁判所は、同号の保護処分をするときは、その決定と同時に、一年以下の範囲内において犯情の軽重を考慮して同項の決定により少年院に収容することができる期間を定めなければならない。 art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-2 For the probation as referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, in the case prescribed in Article 66, paragraph (1), the family court may detain the juvenile to a juvenile training school by the ruling referred to in that paragraph, and when implementing the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent referred to in that item, the family court must specify, concurrently with the ruling imposing the disposition, the period during which the juvenile may be detained at a juvenile training school by the ruling referred to in Article 66, paragraph (1), within a range of not exceeding one year, in consideration of the seriousness of the circumstances of the crime. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、第一項第三号の保護処分をするときは、その決定と同時に、三年以下の範囲内において犯情の軽重を考慮して少年院に収容する期間を定めなければならない。 art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-3 When conducting the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent referred to in paragraph (1), item (iii), the family court must specify, concurrently with the ruling imposing the disposition, the period during which the juvenile is to be detained at a juvenile training school, within a range of not exceeding three years, in consideration of the seriousness of the circumstances of the crime. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 勾留され又は第十七条第一項第二号の措置がとられた特定少年については、未決勾留の日数は、その全部又は一部を、前二項の規定により定める期間に算入することができる。 art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-4 For a specified juvenile who has been placed under detention or subjected to the measures referred to in Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii), the days spent in pre-sentencing detention may be included in whole or in part into the period to be prescribed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の保護処分においては、保護観察所の長をして、家庭その他の環境調整に関する措置を行わせることができる。 art-64/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-5 With respect to the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent referred to in paragraph (1), the family court may have the chief probation officer conduct measures for modification of the family and other environments. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-64/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-64/par-1: 第二十三条 → 少年法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-23 - art-64/par-1: 第一号 → 少年法 第六十四条第一項第一号 (Article 64, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-64/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1/item-1 - art-64/par-2: 前項第二号 → 少年法 第六十四条第一項第二号 (Article 64, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-64/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1/item-2 - art-64/par-2: 第六十六条第一項 → 少年法 第六十六条第一項 (Article 66, paragraph (1)), art-66/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-66/par-1 - art-64/par-3: 第一項第三号 → 少年法 第六十四条第一項第三号 (Article 64, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-64/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1/item-3 - art-64/par-4: 第十七条第一項第二号 → 少年法 第十七条第一項第二号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-17/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17/par-1/item-2 - art-64/par-4: 前二項 → 少年法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-2 - art-64/par-4: 前二項 → 少年法 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-3 - art-64/par-5: 第一項 → 少年法 第六十四条第一項 (Article 64, paragraph (1)), art-64/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十二条第三項（通報） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-62/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-62/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十二条第四項（通報） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-62/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-62/par-4 - 労働基準法施行規則 第三十七条の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-37-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-37-2/par-1/item-2 - 少年法 第六十四条第一項（保護処分についての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1 - 少年法 第六十四条第二項（保護処分についての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-2 - 少年法 第六十四条第三項（保護処分についての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-3 - 少年法 第六十四条第四項（保護処分についての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-4 - 少年法 第六十四条第五項（保護処分についての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-64/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-5 - 少年法 第六十五条第三項（この法律の適用関係） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-65/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-65/par-3 - 少年法 第六十六条第一項（保護観察中の者に対する収容決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-66/par-1 - 少年法 第六十六条第三項（保護観察中の者に対する収容決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-66/par-3 --- ## 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