# 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-5011-44`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-5011-44
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5011-44
- 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 令和元年六月二六日法律第四四号
<sup>suppl-5011-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-5011-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5011-44</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5011-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-5011-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5011-44/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成三十二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。
<sup>suppl-5011-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-5011-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5011-44/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2020; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the date set forth in each item:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第一条中法科大学院の教育と司法試験等との連携等に関する法律第六条第四項の改正規定及び次条から附則第四条までの規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-5011-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-5011-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5011-44/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The provisions in Article 1 amending Article 6, paragraph (4) of the Act on Cooperation between Law School Education and the Bar Examination, etc., and the provisions of the following Article through Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5011-44/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-5011-44/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5011-44/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  前二条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-5011-44/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-5011-44/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5011-44/art-4/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two Articles, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch school-education-act-20261019T143843-010, 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
