# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第百三十八条 (Article 138)

- 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: 第百三十八条 (Article 138) — address `art-138`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-138
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### 第百三十八条
<sup>art-138 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-138 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-138</sup>

**第一項**  第十七条第三項の政令で定める事項のうち同条第一項又は第二項の義務の履行に関する処分に該当するもので政令で定めるものについては、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第三章の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-138/par-1</sup>
Among the matters prescribed by Cabinet Order referred to in Article 17, paragraph (3), the provisions of Chapter III of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply to those matters that fall under the category regarding disposition on the performance of an obligation in paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article, and are prescribed by Cabinet Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-138/par-1: 第十七条第三項 → 学校教育法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-17/par-3
- art-138/par-1: 同条第一項 → 学校教育法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-17/par-1
- art-138/par-1: 第二項 → 学校教育法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-17/par-2

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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
- This site's parser, version 210 — 学校教育法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19