# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置） — address `suppl-4191-68/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-4191-68/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-4191-68/art-2
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### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4191-68/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-4191-68/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-4191-68/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に家庭裁判所に係属している事件についてなされる保護処分については、第一条の規定による改正後の少年法第二十四条第一項ただし書の規定並びに第二条の規定による改正後の少年院法第二条第二項及び第五項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4191-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-4191-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-4191-68/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to a disposition for rehabilitation of an adjudicated delinquent made in a case that is pending before a family court at the time this Act comes into effect, notwithstanding the proviso to Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Juveniles Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1, and Article 2, paragraphs (2) and (5) of the Juvenile Training School Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4191-68/art-2/par-1: 少年法第二十四条第一項 → 少年法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-24/par-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-004, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-004, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 223 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
