# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第四十四条 (Article 44) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-44. 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（勾留に代る措置の効力） — address `art-44` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-44 - 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. --- ### 第四十四条（勾留に代る措置の効力） — (Effect of Measures in Lieu of Detention) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-44 **第一項** 裁判官が前条第一項の請求に基いて第十七条第一項第一号の措置をとつた場合において、検察官は、捜査を遂げた結果、事件を家庭裁判所に送致しないときは、直ちに、裁判官に対して、その措置の取消を請求しなければならない。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-44/par-1 When a judge conducts the measures prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1), item (i) based on the request pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the public prosecutor must immediately file a request to revoke the measures with a judge, if the prosecutor investigates and decides not to refer the case to a family court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判官が前条第一項の請求に基いて第十七条第一項第二号の措置をとるときは、令状を発してこれをしなければならない。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-44/par-2 When conducting the measures prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii) upon request pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the judge must issue a warrant to do this. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の措置の効力は、その請求をした日から十日とする。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-44/par-3 The measures prescribed in the preceding paragraph remains in effect for ten days from the date on which the request is filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-1: 前条第一項 → 少年法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-43/par-1 - art-44/par-1: 第十七条第一項第一号 → 少年法 第十七条第一項第一号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-17/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-17/par-1/item-1 - art-44/par-2: 前条第一項 → 少年法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-43/par-1 - art-44/par-2: 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-44/par-3: 前項 → 少年法 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-44/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第四十四条第三項（勾留に代る措置の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-44/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