# Article 2-4, paragraph (2), item (iii), its wordings — Order for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act

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How the wording of Article 2-4, paragraph (2), item (iii) (第二条の四第二項第三号) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Order for Enforcement of the Consumption Tax Act (消費税法施行令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order
- Provision: Article 2-4, paragraph (2), item (iii) (第二条の四第二項第三号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/art-2-4/par-2/item-3 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/art-2-4/par-2/item-3)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Cabinet Order No. 96 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 学校給食法（昭和二十九年法律第百六十号）第三条第二項（定義）に規定する義務教育諸学校の施設　当該義務教育諸学校の設置者が、その児童又は生徒の全てに対して学校給食（同条第一項に規定する学校給食をいう。第六号において同じ。）として行う飲食料品の提供

English (Machine translation, not official):

> the facilities of the compulsory education schools prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (2) (Definitions) of the School Lunch Program Act (Act No. 160 of 1954): the provision of food and drink items that the founder of those compulsory education schools conducts for all of their pupils or students as school lunches (meaning school lunches prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article; the same applies in item (vi));

## 2. 1 April 2028 — Cabinet Order No. 96 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 1 April 2028
- The amendment: Moved to Article 2-5, paragraph (2), item (iii); its words stay the same (Cabinet Order No. 96 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/amendments/20280401_508CO0000000096

Japanese:

> 学校給食法（昭和二十九年法律第百六十号）第三条第二項（定義）に規定する義務教育諸学校の施設　当該義務教育諸学校の設置者が、その児童又は生徒の全てに対して学校給食（同条第一項に規定する学校給食をいう。第六号において同じ。）として行う飲食料品の提供

English (Machine translation, not official):

> the facilities of the compulsory education schools prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (2) (Definitions) of the School Lunch Program Act (Act No. 160 of 1954): the provision of food and drink items that the founder of those compulsory education schools conducts for all of their pupils or students as school lunches (meaning school lunches prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article; the same applies in item (vi));

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363CO0000000360)
- English name of the law: Written for this site with AI
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363CO0000000360/20280101_508CO0000000096)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363CO0000000360/20280401_508CO0000000096)