# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第六十五条 (Article 65)
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- 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: 第六十五条 (Article 65)（この法律の適用関係） — address `art-65`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-65
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-65
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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### 第六十五条（この法律の適用関係） — (Application Relating to This Act)
caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-65
**第一項** 第三条第一項（第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、特定少年については、適用しない。
art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-65/par-1
The provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1), (limited to the part concerning item (iii)) do not apply to a specified juvenile.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 第十二条、第二十六条第四項及び第二十六条の二の規定は、特定少年である少年の保護事件（第二十六条の四第一項の規定による保護処分に係る事件を除く。）については、適用しない。
art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-65/par-2
The provisions of Article 12, Article 26, paragraph (4), and Article 26-2 do not apply to a juvenile protection case for a specified juvenile (excluding the case relating to the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent provided in Article 26-4, paragraph (1)).
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第三項** 第二十七条の二第五項の規定は、少年院に収容中の者について、前条第一項第二号又は第三号の保護処分を取り消した場合には、適用しない。
art-65/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-65/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-65/par-3
The provisions of Article 27-2, paragraph (5) do not apply to a person detained at a juvenile training school if the family court revokes the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding Article.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 27-2, paragraph (5) do not apply to a person detained at a juvenile training school if the family court revokes the disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent referred to paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding Article." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb
**第四項** 特定少年である少年の保護事件に関する次の表の上欄に掲げるこの法律の規定の適用については、これらの規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、同表の下欄に掲げる字句とする。
第四条 第二十条第一項 第六十二条第一項
第十七条の二第一項ただし書、第三十二条ただし書及び第三十五条第一項ただし書（第十七条の三第一項において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。） 選任者である保護者 第六十二条第一項の特定少年
第二十三条第一項 又は第二十条 、第六十二条又は第六十三条第二項
第二十四条の二第一項 前条第一項 第六十四条第一項
第二十五条第一項及び第二十七条の二第六項 第二十四条第一項 第六十四条第一項
第二十六条第一項及び第二項 並びに第二十四条第一項第二号及び第三号 及び第六十四条第一項第三号
第二十六条の三 第二十四条第一項第三号 第六十四条第一項第三号
第二十八条 第二十四条又は第二十五条 第二十五条又は第六十四条
art-65/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-65/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-65/par-4
To apply the provisions of this Act listed in the left-hand column of the following Table to a juvenile protection case for a specified juvenile, the terms in these provisions listed in the middle column of the Table are to be replaced with the terms listed in the right-hand column of the Table.
Article 4 Article 20, paragraph (1) Article 62, paragraph (1)
The proviso to Article 17-2, paragraph (1), the proviso of Article 32, and the proviso to Article 35, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17-3, paragraph (1), following the deemed replacement of terms) the parent or guardian who appointed the attendant the specified juvenile referred to in Article 62, paragraph (1)
Article 23, paragraph (1) or Article 20 , Article 62, or Article 63, paragraph (2)
Article 24-2, paragraph (1) paragraph (1) of the preceding Article Article 64, paragraph (1)
Article 25, paragraph (1) and Article 27-2, paragraph (6) Article 24, paragraph (1) Article 64, paragraph (1)
Article 26, paragraphs (1) and (2) And Article 24, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii) and Article 64, paragraph (1), item (iii)
Article 26-3 Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii) Article 64, paragraph (1), item (iii)
Article 28 Article 24 or Article 25 Article 25 or Article 64
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
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## Cites
- art-65/par-1: 第三条第一項 → 少年法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-3/par-1
- art-65/par-1: 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
- art-65/par-2: 第十二条 → 少年法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-12
- art-65/par-2: 第二十六条第四項 → 少年法 第二十六条第四項 (Article 26, paragraph (4)), art-26/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26/par-4
- art-65/par-2: 第二十六条の二 → 少年法 第二十六条の二 (Article 26-2), art-26-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-2
- art-65/par-2: 第二十六条の四第一項 → 少年法 第二十六条の四第一項 (Article 26-4, paragraph (1)), art-26-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-26-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-26-4/par-1
- art-65/par-3: 第二十七条の二第五項 → 少年法 第二十七条の二第五項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (5)), art-27-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-27-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-27-2/par-5
- art-65/par-3: 前条第一項第二号 → 少年法 第六十四条第一項第二号 (Article 64, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-64/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1/item-2
- art-65/par-3: 第三号 → 少年法 第六十四条第一項第三号 (Article 64, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-64/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-64/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-64/par-1/item-3
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## Sources
- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Juveniles Act, written 2026-11-03
- 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 (少年法), Article 65, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb), 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