# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第四十八条 (Article 48)

- 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: 第四十八条 (Article 48) — address `art-48`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-48
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-48
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### 第四十八条
<sup>art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-48</sup>

**第一項**  中学校の教育課程に関する事項は、第四十五条及び第四十六条の規定並びに次条において読み替えて準用する第三十条第二項の規定に従い、文部科学大臣が定める。
<sup>art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-48/par-1</sup>
Matters regarding the junior high school curriculum are to be prescribed by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in compliance with the provisions of Articles 45 and 46, and Article 30, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following Article as the deemed replacement of terms.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-48/par-1: 第四十五条 → 学校教育法 第四十五条 (Article 45), art-45 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-45
- art-48/par-1: 第四十六条 → 学校教育法 第四十六条 (Article 46), art-46 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-46
- art-48/par-1: 次条 → 学校教育法 第四十九条 (Article 49), art-49 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-49
- art-48/par-1: 第三十条第二項 → 学校教育法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-30/par-2

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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 in force from 2026-06-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000026/20260617_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
- This site's parser, version 210 — 学校教育法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19