# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第六条の二 (Article 6-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-2. 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: 第六条の二 (Article 6-2)（警察官等の調査） — address `art-6-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-2 - 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. --- ### 第六条の二（警察官等の調査） — (Investigation by Police Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-2 **第一項** 警察官は、客観的な事情から合理的に判断して、第三条第一項第二号に掲げる少年であると疑うに足りる相当の理由のある者を発見した場合において、必要があるときは、事件について調査をすることができる。 art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-2/par-1 A police officer may conduct an investigation on a case, if they discover a person that they have reasonable grounds to suspect, based on objective circumstances and in a reasonable manner, is a juvenile as specified in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii), if necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の調査は、少年の情操の保護に配慮しつつ、事案の真相を明らかにし、もつて少年の健全な育成のための措置に資することを目的として行うものとする。 art-6-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-2/par-2 The investigation stated in the preceding paragraph is to be conducted to clarify the facts of the case, while taking into consideration the protection of the juvenile's emotional stability, and as a result contributing to the measures for the juvenile's sound development. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 警察官は、国家公安委員会規則の定めるところにより、少年の心理その他の特性に関する専門的知識を有する警察職員（警察官を除く。）に調査（第六条の五第一項の処分を除く。）をさせることができる。 art-6-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-2/par-3 A police officer may have police personnel (other than police officers) with expertise in juvenile psychology and other characteristics to conduct an investigation (excluding the dispositions prescribed in Article 6-5, paragraph (1)) pursuant to the Rules of the National Public Safety Commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6-2/par-1: 第三条第一項第二号 → 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-6-2/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 第六条の二第一項 (Article 6-2, paragraph (1)), art-6-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-2/par-1 - art-6-2/par-3: 第六条の五第一項 → 少年法 第六条の五第一項 (Article 6-5, paragraph (1)), art-6-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-5/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第六条の二第二項（警察官等の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-2/par-2 - 少年法 第六条の三第一項（調査における付添人） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-3/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