# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第六十七条 (Article 67)

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- 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: 第六十七条 (Article 67) — address `art-67`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-67
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67
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### 第六十七条
<sup>art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67</sup>

  **第一項**  第四十一条及び第四十三条第三項の規定は、特定少年の被疑事件（同項の規定については、第二十条第一項又は第六十二条第一項の決定があつたものに限る。）については、適用しない。
  <sup>art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 41, and Article 43, paragraph (3) do not apply to a suspected case against a specified juvenile (regarding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3), limited to the case for which the ruling referred to in Article 20, paragraph (1) or Article 62, paragraph (1), is given).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  第四十八条第一項並びに第四十九条第一項及び第三項の規定は、特定少年の被疑事件（第二十条第一項又は第六十二条第一項の決定があつたものに限る。）の被疑者及び特定少年である被告人については、適用しない。
  <sup>art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) and Article 49, paragraphs (1) and (3) do not apply to a suspected case against a specified juvenile (limited to cases in which the ruling referred to in Article 20, paragraph (1) or Article 62, paragraph (1) is given) or the defendant who is a specified juvenile.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第四十九条第二項の規定は、特定少年に対する被告事件については、適用しない。
  <sup>art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of Article 49, paragraph (2) do not apply to a case in which a specified juvenile is the defendant.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第五十二条、第五十四条並びに第五十六条第一項及び第二項の規定は、特定少年については、適用しない。
  <sup>art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67/par-4</sup>
  The provisions of Article 52, Article 54, and Article 56, paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to a specified juvenile.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  第五十八条及び第五十九条の規定は、特定少年のとき刑の言渡しを受けた者については、適用しない。
  <sup>art-67/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-67/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67/par-5</sup>
  The provisions of Articles 58 and 59 do not apply to a person who is sentenced as a specified juvenile.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第六項**  第六十条の規定は、特定少年のとき犯した罪により刑に処せられた者については、適用しない。
  <sup>art-67/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-67/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67/par-6</sup>
  The provisions of Article 60 do not apply to a person who is sentenced for a crime committed as a specified juvenile.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第七項**  特定少年である少年の刑事事件に関する次の表の上欄に掲げるこの法律の規定の適用については、これらの規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、同表の下欄に掲げる字句とする。
第四十五条	第二十条第一項	第六十二条第一項
第四十五条の三第一項及び第四十六条第一項	第二十四条第一項	第六十四条第一項
  <sup>art-67/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-67/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67/par-7</sup>
  To apply the provisions of this Act listed in the left-hand column of the following Table to a juvenile criminal case of a specified juvenile, the terms and phrases in these provisions listed in the middle column of the table are deemed to be replaced with the terms and phrase listed in the right-hand column of the table.
Article 45	Article 20, paragraph (1)	Article 62, paragraph (1)
Article 45-3, paragraph (1) and Article 46, paragraph (1)	Article 24, paragraph (1)	Article 64, paragraph (1)
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "To apply the provisions of this Act listed in the left-hand column of the following Table to a juvenile protection case of a specified juvenile, the terms and phrases in these provisions listed in the middle column of the table are deemed to be replaced with the terms and phrase listed in the right-hand column of the table.
Article 45	Article 20, paragraph (1)	Article 62, paragraph (1)
Article 45-3, paragraph (1) and Article 46, paragraph (1)	Article 24, paragraph (1)	Article 64, paragraph (1)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-67/par-1: 第四十一条 → 少年法 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-41
- art-67/par-1: 第四十三条第三項 → 少年法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-43/par-3
- art-67/par-1: 第二十条第一項 → 少年法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-20/par-1
- art-67/par-1: 第六十二条第一項 → 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-67/par-2: 第四十八条第一項 → 少年法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-48/par-1
- art-67/par-2: 第四十九条第一項 → 少年法 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-49/par-1
- art-67/par-2: 第三項 → 少年法 第四十九条第三項 (Article 49, paragraph (3)), art-49/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-49/par-3
- art-67/par-2: 第二十条第一項 → 少年法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-20/par-1
- art-67/par-2: 第六十二条第一項 → 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-67/par-3: 第四十九条第二項 → 少年法 第四十九条第二項 (Article 49, paragraph (2)), art-49/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-49/par-2
- art-67/par-4: 第五十二条 → 少年法 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-52
- art-67/par-4: 第五十四条 → 少年法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-54
- art-67/par-4: 第五十六条第一項 → 少年法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-56/par-1
- art-67/par-4: 第二項 → 少年法 第五十六条第二項 (Article 56, paragraph (2)), art-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-56/par-2
- art-67/par-5: 第五十八条 → 少年法 第五十八条 (Article 58), art-58 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-58
- art-67/par-5: 第五十九条 → 少年法 第五十九条 (Article 59), art-59 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-59
- art-67/par-6: 第六十条 → 少年法 第六十条 (Article 60), art-60 — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-60

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 少年法 附則第三条第一項（司法警察員の送致に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/suppl-5031-47/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5031-47/art-3/par-1
- 少年法 附則第四条第一項（不定期刑、仮釈放及び仮釈放期間の終了に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/suppl-5031-47/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5031-47/art-4/par-1
- 少年法 附則第五条第一項（換刑処分の禁止に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1
- 少年法 附則第六条第一項（人の資格に関する法令の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/suppl-5031-47/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5031-47/art-6/par-1

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## 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 67, paragraph (7) — 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
