Juvenile Law Proposal Collected New Dispositions and Procedures for 18 and 19 Years Old September 9 18:55
A group of the Legal Council, which has been discussing the reduction of the target age to be protected by the Juvenile Law in line with the reduction of the adult age, has summarized the draft proposal for 18 years old and 19 years old, such as establishing new dispositions and procedures. It was
On the other hand, whether to keep the target age for protection under the current age of 20 was not decided, and the discussion that lasted for about three and a half years was concluded, saying, "Leave it to the legislative process in the future."
The Legislative Council, which had been discussing whether the target age for juvenile law protection should be reduced to under 18 years of age in line with the reduction of adult age next year, convened a meeting on the 9th and summarized the proposal.
As a result, as a new procedure and disposition for 18-year-olds and 19-year-olds, the family court will in principle expand the scope of cases to be sent back to prosecutors.
In addition, if prosecuted, it will be possible to report information that can be presumed to be the real name or the person himself.
On the other hand, no conclusion was drawn as to whether or not the target age of protection should remain below the current age of 20, and it was said that "it is appropriate to leave the position and designation to the examination in the legislative process in the future". The discussion that lasted three and a half years has ended.
The Legal Council will open a general meeting in the future to report to the Minister of Justice, and based on this, the Ministry of Justice will submit an amendment to the Juvenile Law to the ordinary Diet session next year.