# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第六条 (Article 6) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6. 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: 第六条 (Article 6)（通告） — address `art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（通告） — (Notification) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6 **第一項** 家庭裁判所の審判に付すべき少年を発見した者は、これを家庭裁判所に通告しなければならない。 art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6/par-1 A person who has discovered a juvenile who should be subjected to a trial and decision of the family court, must notify the family court of this. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 警察官又は保護者は、第三条第一項第三号に掲げる少年について、直接これを家庭裁判所に送致し、又は通告するよりも、先づ児童福祉法（昭和二十二年法律第百六十四号）による措置にゆだねるのが適当であると認めるときは、その少年を直接児童相談所に通告することができる。 art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6/par-2 A police officer or the parent or guardian may directly notify the child guidance center regarding a juvenile, if it is found appropriate to subject the juvenile prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iii) to the measures under the Child Welfare Act (Act No. 164 of 1947) instead of direct referral or notification to the family court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6/par-2: 第三条第一項第三号 → 少年法 第三条第一項第三号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-3/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-3/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第八条第一項（事件の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-8/par-1 --- ## 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