# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第六条の五 (Article 6-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-5. 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: 第六条の五 (Article 6-5)（押収、捜索、検証、鑑定嘱託等） — address `art-6-5` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-5 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六条の五（押収、捜索、検証、鑑定嘱託等） — Seizure, Search, Inspection, Expert Examination Request, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-6-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-5 **第一項** 警察官は、第三条第一項第二号に掲げる少年に係る事件の調査をするについて必要があるときは、押収（刑事訴訟法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号）第百二条の二第一項に規定する電磁的記録提供命令（同項第一号イに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。）を含む。次項及び第十五条において同じ。）、捜索、同法第百二条の二第一項に規定する電磁的記録提供命令（同号ロに掲げる方法による提供を命ずるものに限る。次項及び第十五条において単に「電磁的記録提供命令」という。）、検証又は鑑定の嘱託をすることができる。 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 A police officer may, when necessary for conducting an investigation of a case concerning a juvenile prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii), conduct seizure (including an order to provide electronic or magnetic records prescribed in Article 102-2, paragraph (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) (limited to an order for provision by the method prescribed in item (i), (a) of that paragraph); the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 15), search, an order to provide electronic or magnetic records prescribed in Article 102-2, paragraph (1) of that Code (limited to an order for provision by the method prescribed in (b) of that item; referred to simply as the "order to provide electronic or magnetic records" in the following paragraph and Article 15), inspection, or request for an expert examination. machine translation, not official **第二項** 刑事訴訟法中、司法警察職員の行う押収、捜索、電磁的記録提供命令、検証及び鑑定の嘱託に関する規定（同法第二百二十四条を除く。）は、前項の場合について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定中「司法警察員」とあるのは「司法警察員たる警察官」と、「司法巡査」とあるのは「司法巡査たる警察官」と読み替えるほか、同法第四百九十九条第一項中「検察官」とあるのは「警視総監若しくは道府県警察本部長又は警察署長」と、「政令」とあるのは「国家公安委員会規則」と、同条第三項中「国庫」とあるのは「当該都道府県警察又は警察署の属する都道府県」と読み替えるものとする。 art-6-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-5/par-2 The provisions in the Code of Criminal Procedure for seizure, search, order to provide electronic or magnetic records, inspection, and request for an expert examination to be conducted by judicial police officer (excluding Article 224 of that Code) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "judicial police officer" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "police officer who is a judicial police officer" and the term "judicial constable" with "police officer who is a judicial constable"; in Article 499, paragraph (1) of that Code, the term "public prosecutor" is deemed to be replaced with "Superintendent General of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, or Police Station Chief" and the term "Cabinet Order" with "the Rules of the National Public Safety Commission"; and in paragraph (3) of that Article, the term "national treasury" is deemed to be replaced with "prefecture where the relevant prefectural police or police station is located". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-6-5/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-6-5/par-1: 刑事訴訟法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号）第百二条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第百二条の二第一項 (Article 102-2, paragraph (1)), art-102-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-6-5/par-1: 同項第一号 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第百二条の二第一項第一号 (Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-102-2/par-1/item-1 — not held in this collection - art-6-5/par-1: 次項 → 少年法 第六条の五第二項 (Article 6-5, paragraph (2)), art-6-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-5/par-2 - art-6-5/par-1: 第十五条 → 少年法 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-15 - art-6-5/par-2: 前項 → 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 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第六条の二第三項（警察官等の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-2/par-3 - 少年法 第六条の五第一項（押収、捜索、検証、鑑定嘱託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-5/par-1 - 少年法 第六条の五第二項（押収、捜索、検証、鑑定嘱託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-5/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-001, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02