# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24. 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（保護処分の決定） — address `art-24` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24 - 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. --- ### 第二十四条（保護処分の決定） — (Ruling on Disposition for Rehabilitation of an Adjudicated Delinquent) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、前条の場合を除いて、審判を開始した事件につき、決定をもつて、次に掲げる保護処分をしなければならない。ただし、決定の時に十四歳に満たない少年に係る事件については、特に必要と認める場合に限り、第三号の保護処分をすることができる。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1 Except for the case of the preceding Article, the family court, in a case for which it has commenced a trial and decision, by a ruling, must conduct the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent as stated in the following items; provided, however, that the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent prescribed in item (iii) may be conducted with respect to a case involving a juvenile under 14 years of age at the time of the ruling, only when it is found as particularly necessary: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Except for the case of the preceding Article, the family court, by a ruling, must conduct the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent as stated in the following items; provided, however, that the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent prescribed in item (iii) may be conducted with respect to a case involving a juvenile under 14 years of age at the time of the ruling, only when it is found as particularly necessary:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb **一** 保護観察所の保護観察に付すること。 art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1/item-1 place on probation at the probation office; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 児童自立支援施設又は児童養護施設に送致すること。 art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1/item-2 refer to a children's self-reliance support facility or foster home; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 少年院に送致すること。 art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1/item-3 refer to a juvenile training school. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項第一号及び第三号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-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-2 With respect to disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent prescribed in items (i) and (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the family court may have the chief probation officer conduct measures for the modification of the home and other environments. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With respect to disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicate delinquent prescribed in items (i) and (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the family court may have the chief probation officer conduct measures for the modification of the home and other environments." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb --- ## Cites - art-24/par-1: 前条 → 少年法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-23 - art-24/par-1: 第三号 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項第三号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-24/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1/item-3 - art-24/par-2: 前項第一号 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項第一号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-24/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1/item-1 - art-24/par-2: 第三号 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項第三号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-24/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 23 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/ja/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/ja/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/ja/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 第二十四条第一項（保護処分の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1 - 少年法 第二十四条第二項（保護処分の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-2 - 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 第二十五条第一項（家庭裁判所調査官の観察） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-25/par-1 - 少年法 第二十六条第一項（決定の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-1 - 少年法 第二十六条第二項（決定の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/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 第二十六条の三第一項（同行状の執行の場合の仮収容） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-3/par-1 - 少年法 第二十六条の四第一項（保護観察中の者に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-4/par-1 - 少年法 第二十六条の四第二項（保護観察中の者に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-4/par-2 - 少年法 第二十六条の四第三項（保護観察中の者に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-4/par-3 - 少年法 第二十七条の二第六項（保護処分の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-6 - 少年法 第二十八条第一項（報告と意見の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-28/par-1 - 少年法 第四十五条の三第一項（訴訟費用の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-45-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-45-3/par-1 - 少年法 第四十六条第一項（保護処分等の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-1 - 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/ja/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1 - 少年法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-4191-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-4191-68/art-2/par-1 - 少年法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-4191-68/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-4191-68/art-3/par-1 - 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 - 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 24, 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 24, 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