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

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How the wording of Article 2-4, paragraph (2), item (iv) (第二条の四第二項第四号) 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 (iv) (第二条の四第二項第四号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/art-2-4/par-2/item-4 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/art-2-4/par-2/item-4)
- 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:

> 夜間課程を置く高等学校における学校給食に関する法律（昭和三十一年法律第百五十七号）第二条（定義）に規定する夜間課程を置く高等学校の施設　当該高等学校の設置者が、当該夜間課程において行う教育を受ける生徒の全てに対して同条に規定する夜間学校給食として行う飲食料品の提供

English (Machine translation, not official):

> the facilities of the high school with night courses prescribed in Article 2 (Definitions) of the Act on School Lunch Program for High School with Night Courses (Act No. 157 of 1956): the provision of food and drink items that the founder of that high school conducts, as the night school lunches prescribed in that Article, for all of the students who receive the education conducted in those night courses;

## 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 (iv); its words stay the same (Cabinet Order No. 96 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act-enforcement-order/amendments/20280401_508CO0000000096

Japanese:

> 夜間課程を置く高等学校における学校給食に関する法律（昭和三十一年法律第百五十七号）第二条（定義）に規定する夜間課程を置く高等学校の施設　当該高等学校の設置者が、当該夜間課程において行う教育を受ける生徒の全てに対して同条に規定する夜間学校給食として行う飲食料品の提供

English (Machine translation, not official):

> the facilities of the high school with night courses prescribed in Article 2 (Definitions) of the Act on School Lunch Program for High School with Night Courses (Act No. 157 of 1956): the provision of food and drink items that the founder of that high school conducts, as the night school lunches prescribed in that Article, for all of the students who receive the education conducted in those night courses;

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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)