# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二十四条の二 (Article 24-2)

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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: 第二十四条の二 (Article 24-2)（没取） — address `art-24-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2
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### 第二十四条の二（没取） — (Confiscation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-24-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2</sup>

  **第一項**  家庭裁判所は、第三条第一項第一号及び第二号に掲げる少年について、第十八条、第十九条、第二十三条第二項又は前条第一項の決定をする場合には、決定をもつて、次に掲げる物を没取することができる。
  <sup>art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-1</sup>
  When making a ruling as prescribed in Article 18, Article 19, Article 23, paragraph (2), or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the family court, by a ruling, may confiscate the possessed objects stated in the following items from a juvenile listed in Article 3, paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii):
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  刑罰法令に触れる行為を組成した物
    <sup>art-24-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
    an object that constitutes an act violating criminal laws and regulations;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  刑罰法令に触れる行為に供し、又は供しようとした物
    <sup>art-24-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
    an object which is used or intended for use in committing an act violating criminal laws and regulations;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  刑罰法令に触れる行為から生じ、若しくはこれによつて得た物又は刑罰法令に触れる行為の報酬として得た物
    <sup>art-24-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
    an object which is generated or acquired by committing an act violating criminal laws and regulations, or acquired as a reward for committing an act violating criminal laws and regulations;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  前号に記載した物の対価として得た物
    <sup>art-24-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
    An object obtained in exchange for the object prescribed in the preceding item.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  家庭裁判所は、前項に規定する少年について、第十八条、第十九条、第二十三条第二項又は前条第一項の決定をする場合には、決定をもつて、次に掲げる物を没取することができる。
  <sup>art-24-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-2</sup>
  When the family court makes a ruling under Article 18, Article 19, Article 23, paragraph (2), or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article for a juvenile prescribed in the preceding paragraph, it may, by a ruling, confiscate the following objects:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  私事性的画像記録の提供等による被害の防止に関する法律（平成二十六年法律第百二十六号）第三条第一項から第三項までの規定に触れる行為を組成し、若しくは当該行為の用に供した私事性的画像記録（同法第二条第一項に規定する私事性的画像記録をいう。）が記録されている物若しくはこれを複写した物又は当該行為を組成し、若しくは当該行為の用に供した私事性的画像記録物（同法第二条第二項に規定する私事性的画像記録物をいう。）を複写した物
    <sup>art-24-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-2/item-1</sup>
    an object on which a private sexual image record that constituted, or was used for, an act in violation of Article 3, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Act on the Prevention of Damage Caused by the Provision, etc. of Private Sexual Image Records (Act No. 126 of 2014) (meaning a private sexual image record prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of that Act) is recorded, or a copy of such an object; or a copy of a private sexual image record medium that constituted, or was used for, that act (meaning a private sexual image record medium prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of that Act);
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  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（令和五年法律第六十七号）第二条第一項又は第六条第一項の規定に触れる行為により生じた物を複写した物
    <sup>art-24-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-2/item-2</sup>
    a copy of an object produced by an act in violation of Article 2, paragraph (1) or Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Photographing Sexual Poses, etc. and the Erasure, etc. of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Images of Sexual Poses Recorded on Seized Articles (Act No. 67 of 2023).
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  没取は、その物が本人以外の者に属しないときに限る。ただし、刑罰法令に触れる行為の後、本人以外の者が情を知つて第一項の物を取得し、又は前項の物を保有するに至つたときは、本人以外の者に属する場合であつても、これを没取することができる。
  <sup>art-24-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-3</sup>
  Any object may be confiscated as long as it belongs to no one other than the juvenile in question; provided, however, that if, after an act violating criminal laws and regulations, a person other than the juvenile in question, with knowledge of the circumstances, acquires an object prescribed in paragraph (1) or comes to possess an object prescribed in the preceding paragraph, it may be confiscated, even if it belongs to a person other than the juvenile in question.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-24-2/par-1: 第三条第一項第一号 → 少年法 第三条第一項第一号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-3/par-1/item-1
- art-24-2/par-1: 第二号 → 少年法 第三条第一項第二号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-3/par-1/item-2
- art-24-2/par-1: 第十八条 → 少年法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-18
- art-24-2/par-1: 第十九条 → 少年法 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-19
- art-24-2/par-1: 第二十三条第二項 → 少年法 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-23/par-2
- art-24-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1
- art-24-2/par-1/item-4: 前号 → 少年法 第二十四条の二第一項第三号 (Article 24-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-24-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-1/item-3
- art-24-2/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第二十四条の二第一項 (Article 24-2, paragraph (1)), art-24-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-1
- art-24-2/par-2: 第十八条 → 少年法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-18
- art-24-2/par-2: 第十九条 → 少年法 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-19
- art-24-2/par-2: 第二十三条第二項 → 少年法 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-23/par-2
- art-24-2/par-2: 前条第一項 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1
- art-24-2/par-2/item-1: 私事性的画像記録の提供等による被害の防止に関する法律（平成二十六年法律第百二十六号）第三条第一項から第三項まで → e-Gov law 426AC1000000126, 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-24-2/par-2/item-1: 同法第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 426AC1000000126, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-24-2/par-2/item-1: 同法第二条第二項 → e-Gov law 426AC1000000126, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-24-2/par-2/item-2: 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（令和五年法律第六十七号）第二条第一項 → 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 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-2/par-1
- art-24-2/par-2/item-2: 第六条第一項 → 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 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-6/par-1
- art-24-2/par-3: 第一項 → 少年法 第二十四条の二第一項 (Article 24-2, paragraph (1)), art-24-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-1
- art-24-2/par-3: 前項 → 少年法 第二十四条の二第二項 (Article 24-2, paragraph (2)), art-24-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 少年法 第二十四条の二第一項第四号（没取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-1/item-4
- 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 第二十四条の二第三項（没取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24-2/par-3
- 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

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-001, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02