# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第四十二条 (Article 42) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-42. 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: 第四十二条 (Article 42)（検察官の送致） — address `art-42` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-42 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-42 - 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. --- ### 第四十二条（検察官の送致） — (Referral by a Public Prosecutor) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-42 **第一項** 検察官は、少年の被疑事件について捜査を遂げた結果、犯罪の嫌疑があるものと思料するときは、第四十五条第五号本文に規定する場合を除いて、これを家庭裁判所に送致しなければならない。犯罪の嫌疑がない場合でも、家庭裁判所の審判に付すべき事由があると思料するときは、同様である。 art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-42/par-1 If a public prosecutor, as a result of the investigation of a suspected juvenile case, deems that there is a suspicion of a crime, they must refer the case to a family court, except in the case prescribed in the main clause of Article 45, item (v). The same applies if a public prosecutor deems that there are grounds for referring the case to a family court for trial and decision, even if there is no suspicion of a crime having been committed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合においては、刑事訴訟法の規定に基づく裁判官による被疑者についての弁護人の選任は、その効力を失う。 art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-42/par-2 In the case of the preceding paragraph, the appointment of a defense counsel for the suspect by a judge, based on the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, becomes ineffective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-42/par-1: 第四十五条第五号 → 少年法 第四十五条第一項第五号 (Article 45, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-45/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-45/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-45/par-1/item-5 - art-42/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第四十二条第一項 (Article 42, paragraph (1)), art-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-42/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第四十二条第二項（検察官の送致） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-42/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