# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) — address `suppl-3221-26/art-8`
- 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-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-8
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### 第八条
<sup>suppl-3221-26/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  中学校は、当分の間、尋常小学校卒業者及び国民学校初等科修了者に対して、通信による教育を行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-1</sup>
Junior high schools may provide education to regular elementary school graduates and persons who have completed the primary course of national elementary school by correspondence courses, until otherwise provided for by law.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の教育に関し必要な事項は、文部科学大臣の定めるところによる。
<sup>suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-2</sup>
The necessary matters regarding education referred to in the preceding paragraph are as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 附則第八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)), suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 学校教育法 附則第八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-8/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