# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二十六条の二 (Article 26-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-2. 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: 第二十六条の二 (Article 26-2)（少年鑑別所収容の一時継続） — address `art-26-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-2 - 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. --- ### 第二十六条の二（少年鑑別所収容の一時継続） — (Temporary Continuation of Detention at a Juvenile Classification Home) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-26-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-2 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、第十七条第一項第二号の措置がとられている事件について、第十八条、第十九条、第二十条第一項、第二十三条第二項又は第二十四条第一項の決定をする場合において、必要と認めるときは、決定をもつて、少年を引き続き相当期間少年鑑別所に収容することができる。ただし、その期間は、七日を超えることはできない。 art-26-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-2/par-1 When making a ruling as prescribed in the provisions of Article 18, Article 19, Article 20, paragraph (1), Article 23, paragraph (2) or Article 24, paragraph (1) for the case for which the measures prescribed in the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii) are conducted, the family court may, by a ruling, continue to detain the juvenile to a juvenile classification home, for a reasonable period, if it is found to be necessary; provided, however, that the period is not to exceed seven days. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-26-2/par-1: 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/ja/juvenile-act/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17/par-1/item-2 - art-26-2/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-26-2/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-26-2/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/ja/juvenile-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-20/par-1 - art-26-2/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-26-2/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/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第六十五条第二項（この法律の適用関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-65/par-2 --- ## 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