# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) — address `suppl-3221-26/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-2
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### 第二条
<sup>suppl-3221-26/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律施行の際、現に存する従前の規定による国民学校、国民学校に類する各種学校及び国民学校に準ずる各種学校並びに幼稚園は、それぞれこれらをこの法律によつて設置された小学校及び幼稚園とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3221-26/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-2/par-1</sup>
National elementary schools, miscellaneous schools similar to national elementary schools, and miscellaneous schools and kindergartens equivalent to national elementary schools under former provisions in existence at the time of the enforcement of this Act are to be respectively deemed as elementary schools and kindergartens established pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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