# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第十三章 (Chapter 13)
- Law: 学校教育法 (School Education Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二十六号
- English title "School Education Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第十三章 (Chapter 13) — address `ch-13`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-04-01 — NOT yet in force (revision 20270401_508AC0000000037)
- URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13
- The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/ch-13
- Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it.
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## 第十三章 罰則 — Chapter XIII Penal Provisions
heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
ch-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13
### 第百四十三条
art-143 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13#art-143
**第一項** 第十三条第一項（同条第二項、第百三十三条第一項及び第百三十四条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による閉鎖命令又は第百三十六条第二項の規定による命令に違反した者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は二十万円以下の罰金に処する。
art-143/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13#art-143/par-1
A person that violates the closing orders under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article, Article 133, paragraph (1), and Article 134, paragraph (2)), or the orders under the provisions of Article 136, paragraph (2), is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than 200,000 yen.
machine translation, not official
### 第百四十四条
art-144 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13#art-144
**第一項** 第十七条第一項又は第二項の義務の履行の督促を受け、なお履行しない者は、十万円以下の罰金に処する。
art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13#art-144/par-1
A person who has received a demand for performance of obligations referred to in Article 17, paragraph (1) or (2), and who fails to fulfill them, is to be punished by a fine of not more than 100,000 yen.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 法人の代表者、代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人の業務に関し、前項の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対しても、同項の刑を科する。
art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13#art-144/par-2
When a representative, an agent, an employee or any other worker of a corporation commits a violation referred to in the preceding paragraph with regard to the business of the corporation, not only the individual offender, but also the corporation is subject to the punishment referred to in that paragraph.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第百四十五条
art-145 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13#art-145
**第一項** 第二十条の規定に違反した者は、十万円以下の罰金に処する。
art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13#art-145/par-1
A person that violates the provisions of Article 20 is to be punished by a fine of not more than 100,000 yen.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第百四十六条
art-146 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13#art-146
**第一項** 第百三十五条の規定に違反した者は、十万円以下の罰金に処する。
art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13#art-146/par-1
A person that violates the provisions of Article 135 is to be punished by a fine of not more than 100,000 yen.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
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## Cites
- art-143/par-1: 第十三条第一項 → 学校教育法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-1#art-13/par-1
- art-143/par-1: 同条第二項 → 学校教育法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-1#art-13/par-2
- art-143/par-1: 第百三十三条第一項 → 学校教育法 第百三十三条第一項 (Article 133, paragraph (1)), art-133/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-11#art-133/par-1
- art-143/par-1: 第百三十四条第二項 → 学校教育法 第百三十四条第二項 (Article 134, paragraph (2)), art-134/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-12#art-134/par-2
- art-143/par-1: 第百三十六条第二項 → 学校教育法 第百三十六条第二項 (Article 136, paragraph (2)), art-136/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-12#art-136/par-2
- art-144/par-1: 第十七条第一項 → 学校教育法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-2#art-17/par-1
- art-144/par-1: 第二項 → 学校教育法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-2#art-17/par-2
- art-144/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 第百四十四条第一項 (Article 144, paragraph (1)), art-144/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-13#art-144/par-1
- art-145/par-1: 第二十条 → 学校教育法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-2#art-20
- art-146/par-1: 第百三十五条 → 学校教育法 第百三十五条 (Article 135), art-135 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000037/text/ch-12#art-135
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## Sources
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 学校教育法 — the text as 令和八年法律第三十七号 leaves it, from 2027-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000026/20270401_508AC0000000037), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — School Education Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch school-education-act-20261019T143843-001, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 210 — 学校教育法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19