I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Reformatory Law.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This fifteenth day of the fourth month of the twenty-fifth year of Showa (April 15, 1950)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for Partial Amendments to the Reformatory Law
The Reformatory Law (Law No.169 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 2 paragraph 4, "eighteen years of age" shall be amended as "sixteen years of age" , and in paragraph 5 of the same Article "generally" shall be deleted.
In Article 8 paragraph 1 item (3), "However, this shall apply only to the offender who is sixteen years or over" shall be deleted.
In Article 10 "he must, with the permission of the supervisor of Correction and Rehabilitation District in which the Reformatory is situated, obtain approval as to such transfer from the District Youth Offenders Prevention and Rehabilitation Commission (hereinafter referred to as" the DYOPAR Commission ") shall be amended as" he may, with the approval of the supervisor of the Correction and Rehabilitation District in which the Reformatory is situated, transfer such an inmate", the proviso to the same Article shall be deleted, and the following two paragraphs shall be added to the same Article:
2 In case the superintendent of the Reformatory has transfered an inmate to another Reformatory in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph he shall inform to that effect without delay to the court which has sent the inmate thereto.
3 In case the superintendent of the Reformatory has transfered an inmate who had been committed thereto for six months or more to another Reformatory in accordance with the provision of paragraph 1, he shall inform to that effect without delay to the District Youth Offenders Prevention and Rehabilitation Commission (hereinafter referred to as "the DYOPAR Commission" ) of the district in which the Reformatory is situated. However, in case the inmate is twenty-three years of age or over, he shall inform the District Adult Offenders Prevention and Rehabilitation Commission (hereinafter referred to as "the DAOPAR Commission" ) to that effect.
Article 16 shall be amended as follows:
Article 16. A Juvenile Detention and Classification Home shall be the institution to receive those who are committed thereto under the provision of Article 17 paragraph 1 item (2) of the Juvenile Law (Law No.168 of 1948) and at the same time to conduct the classification of the juveniles temperaments upon the basis of technical knowledge of medicine, psychology, pedagogy, sociology, etc. with a view to being of help for the investigation, and trial of juveniles by the Family Court and execution of the protective dispositions thereof.
The following one Article shall be added next to Article 16:
Article 16-(2). In case Juvenile Detention and Classification Home is requested by any person other than the chief of the Family Court, the superintendent of the Reformatory or DYOPAR Commission for the classification of a juvenile, it may comply with the request so far as it does not interfere with its business under the preceding Article.
2 For the classification under the preceding paragraph the actual expenses shall be collected in accordance with the provisions of the Attorney-General's Office Ordinance.
Article 17 shall be amended as follows:
Article 17. Juvenile Detention and Classification Home shall be operated by the State and shall be under the control of the Attorney-General.
2 The provisions of Article 9, Article 13 paragraphs 2 and 3, Article 14 and Article 15 shall apply mutatis mutandis to Juvenile Detention and Classification Home with respect to the person committed thereto under the provision of Article 17 paragraph 1 item (2) of the Juvenile Law.
The following three Articles shall be added next to Article 17:
Article 17-(2). In case those who are released or released on parole from the Reformatory or those who are released from Juvenile Detention and Classification Home have no travelling expenses to return home or no adequate clothings, the travelling expenses or the clothings may be supplied within the scope of budget.
Article 17-(3). The superintendent of the Reformatory or the chief of the Juvenile Detention and Classification Home shall deliver the money and articles left behind by the inmate who died therein during his detention to the requester at the request made by a person having parental power, a guardian or a relative of the deceased.
2 The money and articles left behind under the preceding paragraph shall belong to the National Treasury if no request under the same paragraph is made within one year from the day of death.
Article 17-(4). The money and articles left behind by the inmate of the Reformatory or Juvenile Detention and Classification Home who has run away therefrom during detention shall belong to the National Treasury when his whereabouts has not been known for one year from the day of the run-away.
In Article 21 paragraph 1, "the Juvenile Detention Homes" shall be amended as "Juvenile Detention and Classification Home" .
Supplementary Provisions:
1. This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.
2. The Law for Establishment of the Attorney-General's Office (Law No.193 of 1947) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 7 paragraph 2 item (2) "Juvenile Detention Homes, Juvenile Classification Offices" shall be amended as "Juvenile Detention and Classification Homes" .
In Article 13-(4) paragraph 1 and paragraph 3, "Juvenile Detention Homes and Juvenile Classification Offices" shall be amended as "and Juvenile Detention and Classification Homes" , and in paragraph 2 of the same Article "Juvenile Detention Homes and Juvenile Classification Offices" as "and Juvenile Detention and Classification Homes" .
In Article 13-(5) paragraph 1, "Juvenile Detention Homes and Juvenile Classification Offices" shall be amended as "and Juvenile Detention and Classification Homes" .
In (Annexed List) No.5, items from "Tokyo Juvenile Detention Home" down to "Matsuyama Juvenile Detention Home" shall be deleted, and in items from "Tokyo Juvenile Detention Home" down to "Matsuyama Juvenile Detention Home" "Detention Home" shall be amended as "Juvenile Detention and Classification Homes" .
Attorney-General UEDA Shunkichi
Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru