# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第八条 (Article 8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-8. 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（事件の調査） — address `art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条（事件の調査） — (Investigation of Cases) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-8 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、第六条第一項の通告又は前条第一項の報告により、審判に付すべき少年があると思料するときは、事件について調査しなければならない。検察官、司法警察員、警察官、都道府県知事又は児童相談所長から家庭裁判所の審判に付すべき少年事件の送致を受けたときも、同様とする。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-8/par-1 When the family court considers that a juvenile should be subject to trial and decision following the notification prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) or the reporting prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it must investigate the case involving the juvenile. This also applies when a public prosecutor, a judicial police officer, a police officer, a prefectural governor or a child guidance center's director sends a juvenile case to be referred to a trial and decision by the family court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、家庭裁判所調査官に命じて、少年、保護者又は参考人の取調その他の必要な調査を行わせることができる。 art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-8/par-2 The family court may order a family court investigating officer to interview a juvenile, parent or guardian, or person of reference, and to carry out other necessary investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-8/par-1: 第六条第一項 → 少年法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-6/par-1 - art-8/par-1: 前条第一項 → 少年法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-7/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 少年法 第九条第一項（調査の方針） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-9/par-1 - 少年法 第四十七条第一項（時効の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-47/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