# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第十三条 (Article 13) - 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: 第十三条 (Article 13) — address `art-13` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-13 - 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. --- ### 第十三条 art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-13 **第一項** 第四条第一項各号に掲げる学校が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、それぞれ同項各号に定める者は、当該学校の閉鎖を命ずることができる。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-13/par-1 For cases in which schools stated in each item of Article 4, paragraph (1) comes to fall under any of the following items, the respective persons specified in each item of that paragraph may order the closure of the relevant school: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 法令の規定に故意に違反したとき art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-13/par-1/item-1 when the provisions of laws and regulations are intentionally violated; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 法令の規定によりその者がした命令に違反したとき art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-13/par-1/item-2 when an order that was given by the person pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations are violated; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 六箇月以上授業を行わなかつたとき art-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-13/par-1/item-3 when classes are not conducted for 6 months of more. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、市町村の設置する幼稚園に準用する。この場合において、同項中「それぞれ同項各号に定める者」とあり、及び同項第二号中「その者」とあるのは、「都道府県の教育委員会」と読み替えるものとする。 art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-13/par-2 The provision of the preceding paragraph applies mutatis mutandis to kindergartens established by a municipality. In this case, the terms "the respective persons specified in each item of that paragraph" in that paragraph, and "the person" in item (ii) of that paragraph, are deemed to be replaced with "the prefectural board of education". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-13/par-1: 第四条第一項 → 学校教育法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-4/par-1 - art-13/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-13/par-1 - art-13/par-2: 同項第二号 → 学校教育法 第十三条第一項第二号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-13/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-13/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第四条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-4/par-1/item-2 - 学校教育法 第十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-13/par-2 - 学校教育法 第百三十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-133/par-1 - 学校教育法 第百三十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-133/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-133/par-2 - 学校教育法 第百三十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-134/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-134/par-2 - 学校教育法 第百四十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-143/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-143/par-1 - 学校教育法 附則第三条第二項（学校教育法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4231-37/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4231-37/art-3/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