# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)

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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
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- Provision: 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)（少年法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-5071-39/art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5071-39/art-10
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5071-39/art-10
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### 第十条（少年法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Juveniles Act
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<sup>suppl-5071-39/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5071-39/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5071-39/art-10</sup>

**第一項**
<sup>suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-1</sup>

**第二項**  最高裁判所は、前項の規定に基づき保護事件を定めるに当たっては、保護事件に関する手続における情報通信技術の活用の段階的かつ円滑な推進に資するため、その範囲が逓減するよう適切に定めるものとする。
<sup>suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-2</sup>
In specifying protection cases pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Supreme Court is to specify them appropriately so that their scope decreases progressively, in order to contribute to the stepwise and smooth promotion of the use of information and communications technology in procedures relating to protection cases.
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## Cites
- suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-2: 前項 → 少年法 附則第十条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10, paragraph (1)), suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 少年法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5071-39/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5071-39/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 少年法 附則第十条第二項（少年法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-5071-39/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-5071-39/art-10/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-20261102T172711-003, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-006, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
