# 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-4141-156`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4141-156
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-156
- 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.

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## 附　則 平成一四年一二月一三日法律第一五六号
<sup>suppl-4141-156 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4141-156 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-156</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4141-156/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4141-156/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-156/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十五年十月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4141-156/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4141-156/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-156/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2003.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十八条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4141-156/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4141-156/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-156/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  この法律に規定するもののほか、新学園の設立に伴い必要な経過措置その他この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4141-156/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4141-156/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4141-156/art-18/par-1</sup>
In addition to what is provided for in this Act, transitional measures necessary in connection with the establishment of the new educational foundation and other transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch school-education-act-20261019T143843-006, 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