# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

- 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) — address `suppl-3221-26/art-6`
- 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-6
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-6
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### 第六条
<sup>suppl-3221-26/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  私立の幼稚園は、第二条第一項の規定にかかわらず、当分の間、学校法人によつて設置されることを要しない。
<sup>suppl-3221-26/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-6/par-1</sup>
Private kindergartens are not required to be established by incorporated educational institutions until otherwise provided for by law, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3221-26/art-6/par-1: 第二条第一項 → 学校教育法 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-2/par-1

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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