# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第六条の七 (Article 6-7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-7. 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: 第六条の七 (Article 6-7)（都道府県知事又は児童相談所長の送致） — address `art-6-7` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-7 - 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. --- ### 第六条の七（都道府県知事又は児童相談所長の送致） — (Referral by a Prefectural Governor or Director of a Child Guidance Center) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-7 **第一項** 都道府県知事又は児童相談所長は、前条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）の規定により送致を受けた事件については、児童福祉法第二十七条第一項第四号の措置をとらなければならない。ただし、調査の結果、その必要がないと認められるときは、この限りでない。 art-6-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-7/par-1 A prefectural governor or a director of a child guidance center must implement the measures prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Child Welfare Act in a case referred to the governor or the director pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (limited to the part concerning item (i)); provided, however, that this does not apply when it is found unnecessary to do so as a result of the investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県知事又は児童相談所長は、児童福祉法の適用がある少年について、たまたま、その行動の自由を制限し、又はその自由を奪うような強制的措置を必要とするときは、同法第三十三条、第三十三条の二及び第四十七条の規定により認められる場合を除き、これを家庭裁判所に送致しなければならない。 art-6-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-7/par-2 If it is necessary to take a compulsory measure, that may unintentionally restrict or deprive the child's freedom, to a juvenile to whom the Child Welfare Act applies, a prefectural governor or a director of a child guidance center must refer the case to the family court, except when it is found to be permitted to take the measures pursuant to the provisions of Articles 33, 33-2 and 47 of that Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6-7/par-1: 前条第一項 → 少年法 第六条の六第一項 (Article 6-6, paragraph (1)), art-6-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1 - art-6-7/par-1: 第一号 → 少年法 第六条の六第一項第一号 (Article 6-6, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-6-6/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6-6/par-1/item-1 - art-6-7/par-1: 児童福祉法第二十七条第一項第四号 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000164, 第二十七条第一項第四号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-27/par-1/item-4 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第十八条第二項（児童福祉法の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-18/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