# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9) - 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: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9) — address `suppl-3221-26/art-9` - 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-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-9 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九条 suppl-3221-26/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-9 **第一項** 高等学校、中等教育学校の後期課程及び特別支援学校並びに特別支援学級においては、当分の間、第三十四条第一項（第四十九条、第四十九条の八、第六十二条、第七十条第一項及び第八十二条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、第三十四条第一項に規定する教科用図書以外の教科用図書を使用することができる。 suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1 For high schools, upper courses of secondary education schools and special needs education schools, and special needs education class in regular class, textbooks other than the textbooks provided for in Article 34, paragraph (1) may be used, until otherwise provided for by law, as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 49, 49-8, 62, Article 70, paragraph (1), and Article 82). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第三十四条第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の規定により使用する教科用図書について準用する。 suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-2 The provisions provided for in Article 34, paragraphs (2) and (3) applies mutatis mutandis to textbooks to be used pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1: 第三十四条第一項 → 学校教育法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-1 - suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1: 第四十九条 → 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 - suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1: 第四十九条の八 → 学校教育法 第四十九条の八 (Article 49-8), art-49-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-49-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-49-8 - suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1: 第六十二条 → 学校教育法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-62 - suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1: 第七十条第一項 → 学校教育法 第七十条第一項 (Article 70, paragraph (1)), art-70/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-70/par-1 - suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1: 第八十二条 → 学校教育法 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-82 - suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-2: 第三十四条第二項 → 学校教育法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-2 - suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-2: 第三項 → 学校教育法 第三十四条第三項 (Article 34, paragraph (3)), art-34/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-3 - suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 附則第九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (1)), suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 附則第九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-2 --- ## 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