# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第五十三条 (Article 53)

- 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: 第五十三条 (Article 53) — address `art-53`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
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### 第五十三条
<sup>art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-53</sup>

**第一項**  高等学校には、全日制の課程のほか、定時制の課程を置くことができる。
<sup>art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-53/par-1</sup>
High schools may have part-time courses, beyond full-time courses.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  高等学校には、定時制の課程のみを置くことができる。
<sup>art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-53/par-2</sup>
High schools may only have part-time courses.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 学校教育法 第七十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-70/par-1
- 学校教育法 第七十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-70/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