# 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-4141-118` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成一四年一一月二九日法律第一一八号 suppl-4141-118 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4141-118/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成十五年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2003; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items: machine translation, not official **一** 第六十九条の二の次に四条を加える改正規定及び第七十条の十の改正規定（「及び第六十九条」を「、第六十九条、第六十九条の三（第三項を除く。）及び第六十九条の四から第六十九条の六まで」に改める部分に限る。）　平成十六年四月一日 suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1/item-1 The provisions adding four Articles after Article 69-2 and the provisions amending Article 70-10 (limited to the part replacing "and Article 69" with ", Article 69, Article 69-3 (excluding paragraph (3)), and Articles 69-4 through 69-6"): April 1, 2004 machine translation, not official **二** 附則第三条の規定　公布の日 suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1/item-2 The provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation machine translation, not official ### 第二条（認可の申請に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Applications for Approval caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4141-118/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に改正前の学校教育法第四条第一項の規定によりされている大学の学部若しくは大学院の研究科又は改正前の同法第六十九条の二第二項の大学の学科の設置廃止その他政令で定める事項についての認可の申請であって、改正後の同法第四条第二項各号の規定に該当するものは、改正後の同項後段の規定によりされた届出とみなす。 suppl-4141-118/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118/art-2/par-1 An application for approval that has been made pursuant to Article 4, paragraph (1) of the School Education Act before amendment and is pending at the time this Act comes into effect, regarding the establishment and abolition of, or other matters specified by Cabinet Order concerning, a university faculty or an academic unit of a graduate school, or a university department under Article 69-2, paragraph (2) of that Act before amendment, and that falls under any of the items of Article 4, paragraph (2) of that Act after amendment, is deemed to be a notification made pursuant to the latter sentence of that paragraph after amendment. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（専門職大学院の設置のため必要な行為） — Acts Necessary for the Establishment of Professional Graduate Schools caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4141-118/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118/art-3 **第一項** 専門職大学院の設置のため必要な手続その他の行為は、この法律の施行前においても行うことができる。 suppl-4141-118/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118/art-3/par-1 Procedures and other acts necessary for the establishment of a professional graduate school may be taken even before this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条 → 学校教育法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4141-118/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118/art-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-118/art-1/par-1/item-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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch school-education-act-20261019T143843-005, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch school-education-act-20261019T143843-005, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch school-education-act-20261019T143843-006, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 学校教育法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19