# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第三十二条の二 (Article 32-2)

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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: 第三十二条の二 (Article 32-2)（抗告裁判所の調査の範囲） — address `art-32-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-32-2
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### 第三十二条の二（抗告裁判所の調査の範囲） — (Scope of Investigation by the Court in Charge of an Appeal)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-32-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-32-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-2</sup>

  **第一項**  抗告裁判所は、抗告の趣意に含まれている事項に限り、調査をするものとする。
  <sup>art-32-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-32-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-2/par-1</sup>
  The court in charge of an appeal is to investigate only the matters included in the reasons for the appeal.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  抗告裁判所は、抗告の趣意に含まれていない事項であつても、抗告の理由となる事由に関しては、職権で調査をすることができる。
  <sup>art-32-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-32-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-2/par-2</sup>
  The court in charge of an appeal, by the court's own authority, may investigate any grounds for the appeal, even if the matters are not included in the reasons for the appeal.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 少年法 第十七条の三第二項（特別抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-17-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17-3/par-2
- 少年法 第三十二条の四第六項（抗告受理の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-32-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-4/par-6
- 少年法 第三十二条の六第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-32-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-32-6/par-1
- 少年法 第三十五条第二項（再抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-35/par-2

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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
- This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
