# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4031-79`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4031-79
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4031-79
- 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.

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## 附　則 平成三年五月二一日法律第七九号
<sup>suppl-4031-79 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4031-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4031-79</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4031-79/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4031-79/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4031-79/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4031-79/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三条（学校教育法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the School Education Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4031-79/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4031-79/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4031-79/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  第二十二条の規定の施行の際現に同条の規定による改正前の学校教育法第四条の規定によりされている地方自治法第二百五十二条の十九第一項の指定都市の設置する幼稚園の設置廃止、設置者の変更その他政令で定める事項についての認可の申請は、第二十二条の規定による改正後の学校教育法第四条第三項の規定によりされた届出とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4031-79/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4031-79/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4031-79/art-3/par-1</sup>
An application for approval of the establishment or abolition of a kindergarten established by a designated city under Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act, a change of founder, or any other matter specified by Cabinet Order, that is being made, at the time the provisions of Article 22 come into effect, under the provisions of Article 4 of the School Education Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of that Article, is deemed to be a notification made under the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (3) of the School Education Act as amended by the provisions of Article 22.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4031-79/art-3/par-1: 地方自治法第二百五十二条の十九第一項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二百五十二条の十九第一項 (Article 252-19, paragraph (1)), art-252-19/par-1 — not held in this collection

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch school-education-act-20261019T143843-003, 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
