# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第十六条 (Article 16)

- 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: 第十六条 (Article 16) — address `art-16`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
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### 第十六条
<sup>art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-16</sup>

**第一項**  保護者（子に対して親権を行う者（親権を行う者のないときは、未成年後見人）をいう。以下同じ。）は、次条に定めるところにより、子に九年の普通教育を受けさせる義務を負う。
<sup>art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-16/par-1</sup>
Custodians (meaning a person who has parental authority over a child (or if there are no persons who have parental authority; a guardian of a minor); the same applies below) have the obligation to have their child receive a nine-year general education, as prescribed in the following Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-16/par-1: 次条 → 学校教育法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-17

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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