I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Reformatory Law.
御名御璽
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
昭和二十四年五月三十日
This thirtieth day of the fifth month of the twenty-fourth year of Showa (May 30, 1949)
内閣総理大臣 吉田茂
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
法律第百二十号
Law No.120
少年院法の一部を改正する法律
Law for Partial Amendments to the Reformatory Law
少年院法（昭和二十三年法律第百六十九号）の一部を次のように改正する。
A part of the Reformatory Law (Law No.169 of 1948) shall be amended as follows:
第二條第二項を次のように改める。
Art.2, Par.2 shall be amended as follows:
２ 初等少年院は、心身に著しい故障のない、十四歳以上おおむね十六歳未満の者を收容する。
2 The Primary Reformatory shall received those persons who are not seriously defective mentally and physically and are fourteen years of age or over but under approximately sixteen.
Article 21. The specially sectioned parts in Reformatories and Detention Houses can be assigned for the Juvenile Detention Home until March 31, 1951, if necessary because of insufficient space in Juvenile Detention Homes. However, Detention Houses so sectioned and assigned are to be used exclusively for such Juveniles who have committed crimes as mention-ed in Art.3, Par.1 of the Juvenile Law and are foreseen to escape.
2 The specially sectioned parts in prisons for juveniles can be assigned for Advanced Reformatories until March 31, 1951, if necessary because of insufficient secure facilities in Advanced Reformatories.
3 A Medical Reformatory for male inmates may be specially sectioned until March 31, 1951, in order to take in juveniles according to the difference of sex, if necessary because of insufficient space in Medical Reformatories for female inmates.
附 則
Supplementary Provision:
この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
The present Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.