# 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-3501-59` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和五〇年七月一一日法律第五九号 suppl-3501-59 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3501-59/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を経過した日から施行する。 suppl-3501-59/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day on which 6 months have elapsed from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（各種学校等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures for Miscellaneous Schools, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3501-59/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に存する各種学校（我が国に居住する外国人を専ら対象とする教育施設に該当するものを除く。）で学校教育法第百二十四条の専修学校の教育を行おうとするものは、同法第百三十条第一項の規定による高等課程、専門課程又は一般課程の設置の認可を受けることにより、同法の規定による専修学校となることができる。 suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-1 A miscellaneous school existing at the time this Act comes into effect (excluding one that falls under an educational facility exclusively targeting foreign nationals residing in Japan) that intends to provide specialized training college education under Article 124 of the School Education Act may become a specialized training college under the provisions of that Act by obtaining approval for the establishment of an upper secondary course, post-secondary course or general course under the provisions of Article 130, paragraph (1) of that Act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項に規定する各種学校に係る学校教育法第百三十四条第一項の規定の適用については、当該各種学校が前項の規定により専修学校となるまでの間は、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-2 With regard to the application of Article 134, paragraph (1) of the School Education Act to a miscellaneous school prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern until such a miscellaneous school becomes a specialized training college under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第四項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-4 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-1: 学校教育法第百二十四条 → 学校教育法 第百二十四条 (Article 124), art-124 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-124 - suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-1: 同法第百三十条第一項 → 学校教育法 第百三十条第一項 (Article 130, paragraph (1)), art-130/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130/par-1 - suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-1 - suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-2: 学校教育法第百三十四条第一項 → 学校教育法 第百三十四条第一項 (Article 134, paragraph (1)), art-134/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-134/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-134/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 附則第二条第二項（各種学校等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-2 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch school-education-act-20261019T143843-003, 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