# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二十七条の二 (Article 27-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2. 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: 第二十七条の二 (Article 27-2)（保護処分の取消し） — address `art-27-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十七条の二（保護処分の取消し） — (Revocation of Disposition for Rehabilitation of an Adjudicated Delinquent) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2 **第一項** 保護処分の継続中、本人に対し審判権がなかつたこと、又は十四歳に満たない少年について、都道府県知事若しくは児童相談所長から送致の手続がなかつたにもかかわらず、保護処分をしたことを認め得る明らかな資料を新たに発見したときは、保護処分をした家庭裁判所は、決定をもつて、その保護処分を取り消さなければならない。 art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-1 If, while the disposition is in place, any new materials are discovered that clearly indicate that the family court had no jurisdiction over the person in question, or that the family court has subjected a juvenile under 14 years of age to disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent without procedure for referral from the prefectural governor or a director of a child guidance center, the family court implementing the disposition must revoke that disposition by a ruling. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If any new materials are discovered that clearly indicate that the family court had no jurisdiction over the person in question, or that the family court has subjected a juvenile under 14 years of age to disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent without procedure for referral from the prefectural governor or a director or a child guidance center are found while the disposition is in place, the family court implementing the disposition must revoke that disposition by a ruling." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb **第二項** 保護処分が終了した後においても、審判に付すべき事由の存在が認められないにもかかわらず保護処分をしたことを認め得る明らかな資料を新たに発見したときは、前項と同様とする。ただし、本人が死亡した場合は、この限りでない。 art-27-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-2 If any new materials are discovered that clearly indicate that the family court has subjected a person to disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent without any grounds to subject the person to a trial and decision, even after the disposition had been completed, the preceding paragraph applies; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person has died. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If any new materials are discovered that clearly indicate that the family court has subjected a person to disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent without any grounds to subject the person to a trial and decision, even after the disposition had been implemented, the preceding paragraph applies; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person has died." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb **第三項** 保護観察所、児童自立支援施設、児童養護施設又は少年院の長は、保護処分の継続中の者について、第一項の事由があることを疑うに足りる資料を発見したときは、保護処分をした家庭裁判所に、その旨の通知をしなければならない。 art-27-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-3 If the director of a probation office, children's self-reliance support facility, foster home or juvenile training school finds any new materials related to a person who has been subjected to the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent showing probable grounds of suspicion prescribed in paragraph (1), they must give notice to that effect to the family court that has conducted the measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第十八条第一項及び第十九条第二項の規定は、家庭裁判所が、第一項の規定により、保護処分を取り消した場合に準用する。 art-27-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-4 The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1) and Article 19, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis if the family court revokes the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 家庭裁判所は、第一項の規定により、少年院に収容中の者の保護処分を取り消した場合において、必要があると認めるときは、決定をもつて、その者を引き続き少年院に収容することができる。但し、その期間は、三日を超えることはできない。 art-27-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-5 If the family court revokes the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent against a person detained in a juvenile training school pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the family court, by a ruling, may have the person stay on at the juvenile training school if it is found necessary; provided, however, that this period must not exceed three days. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前三項に定めるもののほか、第一項及び第二項の規定による第二十四条第一項の保護処分の取消しの事件の手続は、その性質に反しない限り、同項の保護処分に係る事件の手続の例による。 art-27-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-6 Beyond what is stated in the preceding three paragraphs, the procedure in the case of revocation of the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent referred to in Article 24, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) is governed by the same rules as those applicable to the procedure in the case on the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent referred to in Article 24, paragraph (1) unless it is contrary to its nature. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27-2/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第一項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (1)), art-27-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-1 - art-27-2/par-3: 第一項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第一項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (1)), art-27-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-1 - art-27-2/par-4: 第十八条第一項 → 少年法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-18/par-1 - art-27-2/par-4: 第十九条第二項 → 少年法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-19/par-2 - art-27-2/par-4: 第一項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第一項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (1)), art-27-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-1 - art-27-2/par-5: 第一項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第一項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (1)), art-27-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-1 - art-27-2/par-6: 前三項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第三項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (3)), art-27-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-3 - art-27-2/par-6: 前三項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第四項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (4)), art-27-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-4 - art-27-2/par-6: 前三項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第五項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (5)), art-27-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-5 - art-27-2/par-6: 第一項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第一項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (1)), art-27-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-1 - art-27-2/par-6: 第二項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第二項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (2)), art-27-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-2 - art-27-2/par-6: 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 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第二十七条の二第二項（保護処分の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-2 - 少年法 第二十七条の二第三項（保護処分の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-3 - 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 - 少年法 第二十七条の二第五項（保護処分の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-5 - 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 第四十六条第三項（保護処分等の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-46/par-3 - 少年法 第六十五条第三項（この法律の適用関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-65/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-65/par-3 - 少年法 附則第二条第四項（少年法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-4121-142/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-4121-142/art-2/par-4 --- ## 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 27-2, 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 27-2, 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