# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第十八条 (Article 18) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-18. 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（児童福祉法の措置） — address `art-18` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-18 - 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. --- ### 第十八条（児童福祉法の措置） — (Child Welfare Act Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-18 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、調査の結果、児童福祉法の規定による措置を相当と認めるときは、決定をもつて、事件を権限を有する都道府県知事又は児童相談所長に送致しなければならない。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-18/par-1 When it is found appropriate to take measures prescribed in the provisions of the Child Welfare Act as a result of the investigation, the family court, by a ruling, must refer the case to a prefectural governor or director of a child guidance center who has authority over the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第六条の七第二項の規定により、都道府県知事又は児童相談所長から送致を受けた少年については、決定をもつて、期限を付して、これに対してとるべき保護の方法その他の措置を指示して、事件を権限を有する都道府県知事又は児童相談所長に送致することができる。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-18/par-2 The family court, by a ruling, may refer the case concerning a juvenile referred by a prefectural governor or director of child guidance center, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6-7, paragraph (2), to the prefectural governor or director of a child guidance center who has authority over the case, with a time limit and instructions as to the means of protection and any other measures to be taken. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/par-2: 第六条の七第二項 → 少年法 第六条の七第二項 (Article 6-7, paragraph (2)), art-6-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-7/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第二十三条第一項（審判開始後保護処分に付しない場合） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-23/par-1 - 少年法 第二十四条の二第一項（没取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-1 - 少年法 第二十四条の二第二項（没取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-2 - 少年法 第二十六条の二第一項（少年鑑別所収容の一時継続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-2/par-1 - 少年法 第二十七条の二第四項（保護処分の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-4 - 性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律 第十三条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-13/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-13/par-5 --- ## 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