# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第九条 (Article 9)

- 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: 第九条 (Article 9) — address `art-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-9
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### 第九条
<sup>art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、校長又は教員となることができない。
<sup>art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-9/par-1</sup>
Any persons falling under any of the following items may not become school principals or teachers:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられた者
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-9/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or heavier punishment;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  教育職員免許法第十条第一項第二号又は第三号に該当することにより免許状がその効力を失い、当該失効の日から三年を経過しない者
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-9/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person whose certificates have ceased to be effective due to falling under Article 10, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii) of the Education Personnel Certification Act, and for whom 3 years have not passed since that day of expiration;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  教育職員免許法第十一条第一項から第三項までの規定により免許状取上げの処分を受け、三年を経過しない者
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-9/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person who has lost their certificates due to receiving disposition pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Education Personnel Certification Act, and for whom 3 years have not passed;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  日本国憲法施行の日以後において、日本国憲法又はその下に成立した政府を暴力で破壊することを主張する政党その他の団体を結成し、又はこれに加入した者
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-9/par-1/item-4</sup>
  a person who, on or after the date of the enforcement of the Constitution of Japan, formed or belonged to a political party or other organization which advocates the overthrow by force of the Constitution of Japan, or the government established under it.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-9/par-1/item-2: 教育職員免許法第十条第一項第二号 → e-Gov law 324AC0000000147, 第十条第一項第二号 (Article 10, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-10/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection
- art-9/par-1/item-2: 第三号 → e-Gov law 324AC0000000147, 第十条第一項第三号 (Article 10, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-10/par-1/item-3 — not held in this collection
- art-9/par-1/item-3: 教育職員免許法第十一条第一項 → e-Gov law 324AC0000000147, 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-9/par-1/item-3: 第三項 → e-Gov law 324AC0000000147, 第十一条第三項 (Article 11, paragraph (3)), art-11/par-3 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

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

- 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

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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-20261019T141625-001, 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