# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-4181-80/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4181-80/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4181-80/art-3
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### 第三条
<sup>suppl-4181-80/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4181-80/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4181-80/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧学校教育法第一条に規定する盲学校、聾学校又は養護学校を設置している私立学校法（昭和二十四年法律第二百七十号）第三条に規定する学校法人は、前条第一項の規定により当該盲学校、聾学校又は養護学校が特別支援学校となることに伴い寄附行為を変更しようとするときは、同法第四十五条第一項の規定にかかわらず、同項の規定による寄附行為の変更の認可を受けることを要しない。この場合において、当該学校法人は、遅滞なく、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。
<sup>suppl-4181-80/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4181-80/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4181-80/art-3/par-1</sup>
An incorporated educational institution prescribed in Article 3 of the Private Schools Act (Act No. 270 of 1949) that, at the time this Act comes into effect, establishes a school for the blind, school for hearing impaired children or school for handicapped children prescribed in Article 1 of the Former School Education Act is not required, in the case where it intends to change its articles of endowment as a consequence of that school for the blind, school for hearing impaired children or school for handicapped children becoming a special needs education school pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, to obtain the approval for the change of the articles of endowment under Article 45, paragraph (1) of that Act, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph. In this case, that incorporated educational institution must notify the prefectural governor to that effect without delay.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4181-80/art-3/par-1: 私立学校法（昭和二十四年法律第二百七十号）第三条 → e-Gov law 324AC0000000270, 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — not held in this collection
- suppl-4181-80/art-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 学校教育法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-80/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4181-80/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4181-80/art-2/par-1
- suppl-4181-80/art-3/par-1: 同法第四十五条第一項 → e-Gov law 324AC0000000270, 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — not held in this collection

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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-20261019T143843-007, 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
