# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第四章 (Chapter 4)

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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: 第四章 (Chapter 4) — address `ch-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/ch-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/ch-4
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 第四章　記事等の掲載の禁止 — Chapter IV Prohibition on Publication of News Articles
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/ch-4</sup>

### 第六十一条
<sup>art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-61</sup>

**第一項**  家庭裁判所の審判に付された少年又は少年のとき犯した罪により公訴を提起された者については、氏名、年齢、職業、住居、容ぼう等によりその者が当該事件の本人であることを推知することができるような記事又は写真を新聞紙その他の出版物に掲載してはならない。
<sup>art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-61/par-1</sup>
No newspaper or other publication may publish any news article or photograph from which a person subject to a trial and decision of a family court, or who has been prosecuted for a crime committed as a juvenile, could have their identity be inferred from the name, age, occupation, residence, appearance, etc.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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