Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
An incorporated educational institution prescribed in Article 3 of the Private Schools Act (Act No. 270 of 1949) that, at the time this Act comes into effect, establishes a school for the blind, school for hearing impaired children or school for handicapped children prescribed in Article 1 of the Former School Education Act is not required, in the case where it intends to change its articles of endowment as a consequence of that school for the blind, school for hearing impaired children or school for handicapped children becoming a special needs education school pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, to obtain the approval for the change of the articles of endowment under Article 45, paragraph (1) of that Act, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph. In this case, that incorporated educational institution must notify the prefectural governor to that effect without delay.