# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3361-166` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3361-166 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3361-166 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和三六年一〇月三一日法律第一六六号 suppl-3361-166 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3361-166 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3361-166 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-3361-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3361-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3361-166/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際、現にこの法律による改正前の学校教育法（以下「旧法」という。）第四条の規定により高等学校の通信教育の開設についてされている認可は、文部大臣の定めるところにより、この法律による改正後の学校教育法（以下「新法」という。）第四条の規定により通信制の課程の設置についてされた認可とみなし、この法律の施行の日前において、旧法第四十五条第一項の規定により行なわれた高等学校の通信教育は、文部大臣の定めるところにより、新法第四十五条第一項の規定による通信制の課程で行なわれた教育とみなす。 suppl-3361-166/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3361-166/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3361-166/par-2 Approval that has been given, at the time this Act comes into effect, for the opening of correspondence education at a high school under the provisions of Article 4 of the School Education Act prior to the amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") is, as specified by the Minister of Education, deemed to be approval given for the establishment of correspondence courses under the provisions of Article 4 of the School Education Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"), and correspondence education at a high school conducted before the day on which this Act comes into effect under the provisions of Article 45, paragraph (1) of the Former Act is, as specified by the Minister of Education, deemed to be education conducted in correspondence courses under the provisions of Article 45, paragraph (1) of the New Act. machine translation, not official --- ## 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-20261019T143843-002, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 学校教育法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19