# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

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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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（換刑処分の禁止に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5031-47/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5031-47/art-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5031-47/art-5
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### 第五条（換刑処分の禁止に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Prohibition on Disposition in Lieu of Punishment
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5031-47/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5031-47/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5031-47/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  新少年法第六十七条第四項（少年法第五十四条に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、この法律の施行後にした行為について科せられる罰金又は科料（次に掲げる罰金又は科料を除く。）に係る労役場留置の言渡しについて適用する。
<sup>suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 67, paragraph (4) of the New Juveniles Act (limited to the portion relating to Article 54 of the Juveniles Act) apply to sentencing to detention in a workhouse relating to a fine or petty fine imposed for an act committed after this Act comes into effect (excluding a fine or petty fine set out in the following items).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  一個の行為が二個以上の罪名に触れる場合におけるこれらの罪名に触れる行為又は犯罪の手段若しくは結果である行為が他の罪名に触れる場合におけるこれらの罪名に触れる行為にこの法律の施行前のものと施行後のものがある場合において、これらの行為について科せられる罰金又は科料
  <sup>suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1/item-1</sup>
  In the case where acts falling under those crime names where a single act falls under two or more crime names, or acts falling under those crime names where an act that is the means or result of a crime falls under another crime name, include acts both before and after this Act comes into effect, a fine or petty fine imposed for those acts;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第四十八条第二項の規定により併合罪として処断された罪に当たる行為にこの法律の施行前のものと施行後のものがある場合において、これらの行為について科せられる罰金
  <sup>suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1/item-2</sup>
  In the case where acts constituting crimes dealt with as concurrent crimes pursuant to Article 48, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) include acts both before and after this Act comes into effect, a fine imposed for those acts.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1: 新少年法第六十七条第四項 → 少年法 第六十七条第四項 (Article 67, paragraph (4)), art-67/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-67/par-4
- suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1: 少年法第五十四条 → 少年法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-54
- suppl-5031-47/art-5/par-1/item-2: 刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第四十八条第二項 → 刑法 第四十八条第二項 (Article 48, paragraph (2)), art-48/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/penal-code/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/140AC0000000045/art-48/par-2

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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-20261102T172711-005, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-005, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 223 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
