# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) — address `suppl-3221-26/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-1
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### 第一条
<sup>suppl-3221-26/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和二十二年四月一日から、これを施行する。ただし、第二十二条第一項及び第三十九条第一項に規定する盲学校、聾学校及び養護学校における就学義務並びに第七十四条に規定するこれらの学校の設置義務に関する部分の施行期日は、政令で、これを定める。
<sup>suppl-3221-26/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of April 1st, 1947;provided, however, that the effective date for parts regarding obligations to enroll in school for schools for the blind, schools for hearing impaired children, and schools for handicapped children provided for in Article 22, paragraph (1), and Article 39, paragraph (1), and parts regarding the obligations of establishment for these schools provided in Article 74, is to be prescribed by Cabinet Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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