# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第三十一条の二 (Article 31-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2. 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: 第三十一条の二 (Article 31-2)（被害者等に対する通知） — address `art-31-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2 - 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. --- ### 第三十一条の二（被害者等に対する通知） — (Notice to the Victim) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-31-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、第三条第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる少年に係る事件を終局させる決定をした場合において、最高裁判所規則の定めるところにより当該事件の被害者等から申出があるときは、その申出をした者に対し、次に掲げる事項を通知するものとする。ただし、その通知をすることが少年の健全な育成を妨げるおそれがあり相当でないと認められるものについては、この限りでない。 art-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2/par-1 Upon request from the victim, etc. of the case involving a juvenile as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii), pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court, the family court is to give the following notice of matters to the person that filed the request if the court has given a ruling to close the case; provided, however, that this does not apply if the court finds the giving of that notice is likely to hinder sound development of the juvenile and is inappropriate: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 少年及びその法定代理人の氏名及び住居（法定代理人が法人である場合においては、その名称又は商号及び主たる事務所又は本店の所在地） art-31-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2/par-1/item-1 name and residence of the juvenile and the statutory agent of the juvenile (if the statutory agent is a corporation, its name or trade name and the location of its main office or headquarters); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 決定の年月日、主文及び理由の要旨 art-31-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2/par-1/item-2 date of the ruling, the main text and summary of the reasons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申出は、同項に規定する決定が確定した後三年を経過したときは、することができない。 art-31-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2/par-2 The request stated in the preceding paragraph may not be filed after three years have passed since the ruling prescribed in that paragraph has become final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第五条の二第三項の規定は、第一項の規定により通知を受けた者について、準用する。 art-31-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2/par-3 The provisions of Article 5-2, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the person who received the information pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-31-2/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-31-2/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-31-2/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第三十一条の二第一項 (Article 31-2, paragraph (1)), art-31-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2/par-1 - art-31-2/par-3: 第五条の二第三項 → 少年法 第五条の二第三項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (3)), art-5-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-5-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-5-2/par-3 - art-31-2/par-3: 第一項 → 少年法 第三十一条の二第一項 (Article 31-2, paragraph (1)), art-31-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第三十一条の二第二項（被害者等に対する通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2/par-2 - 少年法 第三十一条の二第三項（被害者等に対する通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-31-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-31-2/par-3 --- ## 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