# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3251-96. 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3251-96` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3251-96 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3251-96 - 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. --- ## 附　則 昭和二五年四月一四日法律第九六号 suppl-3251-96 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3251-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3251-96 **第一項** この法律のうち、裁判所法第六十一条の二、第六十一条の三及び第六十五条の改正規定、検察審査会法第六条第六号の改正規定中少年調査官及び少年調査官補に関するもの並びに少年法の改正規定は公布の日から起算して三十日を経過した日から、その他の部分は公布の日から施行する。 suppl-3251-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3251-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3251-96/par-1 Of this Act, the provisions amending Articles 61-2, 61-3 and 65 of the Courts Act, the provisions amending Article 6, item (vi) of the Prosecution Review Commission Act that pertain to juvenile investigating officers and assistant juvenile investigating officers, and the provisions amending the Juveniles Act come into effect as of the day on which 30 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation, and the other parts come into effect as of the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の公布の日から起算して三十日を経過した際現に少年保護司に補せられている裁判所事務官で、少年調査官に任命されないものは、別に辞令を発せられないときは、裁判所事務官を兼ねて少年調査官補に任命され、且つ、現にその者の勤務する裁判所に勤務することを命ぜられたものとみなす。 suppl-3251-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3251-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3251-96/par-2 A court secretary who, at the time when 30 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation of this Act, is currently appointed as a juvenile protection officer and who is not appointed as a juvenile investigating officer is, unless a separate written appointment is issued, deemed to have been appointed as an assistant juvenile investigating officer concurrently serving as a court secretary, and to have been ordered to serve at the court at which that person currently serves. machine translation, not official --- ## 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, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-003, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02