# 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-4171-83`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83
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## 附　則 平成一七年七月一五日法律第八三号
<sup>suppl-4171-83 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4171-83/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十九年四月一日から施行する。ただし、第四条、第六十八条の二及び第六十九条の二の改正規定並びに附則第三条、第六条、第七条（税理士法（昭和二十六年法律第二百三十七号）第八条第一項第一号中「第六十八条の二第三項第二号」を「第六十八条の二第四項第二号」に改める改正規定に限る。）、第九条及び第十条の規定は、平成十七年十月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4171-83/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2007; provided, however, that the provisions amending Articles 4, 68-2 and 69-2, and the provisions of Articles 3, 6, 7 (limited to the provision amending Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Certified Public Tax Accountant Act (Act No. 237 of 1951) by replacing "Article 68-2, paragraph (3), item (ii)" with "Article 68-2, paragraph (4), item (ii)"), 9 and 10 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on October 1, 2005.
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### 第二条（助教授の在職に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Tenure as an Assistant Professor
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<sup>suppl-4171-83/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  次に掲げる法律の規定の適用については、この法律の施行前における助教授としての在職は、准教授としての在職とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1</sup>
For the purpose of applying the provisions of the following Acts, tenure as an assistant professor before this Act comes into effect is deemed to be tenure as an associate professor:
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  **一**  学校教育法第百六条
  <sup>suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Article 106 of the School Education Act.
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### 第三条（短期大学士の学位に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Associate Degree
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4171-83/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正前の学校教育法第六十九条の二第七項の規定による準学士の称号は、この法律による改正後の学校教育法第六十八条の二第三項の規定による短期大学士の学位とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4171-83/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83/art-3/par-1</sup>
The title of Associate under the provisions of Article 69-2, paragraph (7) of the School Education Act prior to the amendment by this Act is deemed to be an associate degree under the provisions of Article 68-2, paragraph (3) of the School Education Act as amended by this Act.
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## Cites
- suppl-4171-83/art-1/par-1: 附則第三条 → 学校教育法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4171-83/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83/art-3
- suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1/item-1: 学校教育法第百六条 → 学校教育法 第百六条 (Article 106), art-106 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-106

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 学校教育法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4171-83/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4171-83/art-1/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
- 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
