# 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-4281-47`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47
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## 附　則 平成二八年五月二〇日法律第四七号
<sup>suppl-4281-47 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4281-47/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十九年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4281-47/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2017; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:
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  **一**  第一条、第三条、第七条、第十条及び第十五条の規定並びに次条並びに附則第四条第一項及び第二項、第六条から第十条まで、第四十二条（東日本大震災復興特別区域法（平成二十三年法律第百二十二号）第四十八条第二項及び第三項の改正規定に限る。）、第四十四条並びに第四十六条の規定　公布の日
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  the provisions of Articles 1, 3, 7, 10 and 15, and the provisions of the following Article, Article 4, paragraphs (1) and (2), Articles 6 through 10, Article 42 (limited to the provisions amending Article 48, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Act on Special Zones for Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake (Act No. 122 of 2011)), Article 44 and Article 46 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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### 第七条（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions, Applications, Etc.
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<sup>suppl-4281-47/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）の施行の日前にこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされた承認等の処分その他の行為（以下この項において「処分等の行為」という。）又はこの法律の施行の際現にこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされている承認等の申請その他の行為（以下この項において「申請等の行為」という。）で、この法律の施行の日においてこれらの行為に係る行政事務を行うべき者が異なることとなるものは、この附則又は附則第九条の規定に基づく政令に定めるものを除き、この法律の施行の日以後におけるこの法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の適用については、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定によりされた処分等の行為又は申請等の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1</sup>
Where, as of the date on which this Act comes into effect, the person who is to handle the administrative affairs concerning a disposition such as an approval or any other act made pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws prior to the amendment by this Act before the date on which this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as a "disposition or other act" in this paragraph), or concerning an application for approval or any other act made pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws prior to the amendment by this Act that is pending at the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as an "application or other act" in this paragraph), will be different, that disposition or other act or application or other act is, except as otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions or by Cabinet Order under the provisions of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions, deemed to be a disposition or other act or an application or other act made pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws as amended by this Act, with regard to the application of the respective laws as amended by this Act on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect.
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**第二項**  この法律の施行の日前にこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定により国又は地方公共団体の機関に対し、届出その他の手続をしなければならない事項で、この法律の施行の日前にその手続がされていないものについては、この附則又は附則第九条の規定に基づく政令に定めるもののほか、これを、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定により国又は地方公共団体の相当の機関に対して届出その他の手続をしなければならない事項についてその手続がされていないものとみなして、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-2</sup>
With regard to matters for which notification or other procedures must be carried out with a State institution or a local government institution pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws prior to the amendment by this Act before the date on which this Act comes into effect and for which those procedures have not been carried out before the date on which this Act comes into effect, except as otherwise provided for by these Supplementary Provisions or by Cabinet Order under the provisions of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of the respective laws as amended by this Act apply by deeming those matters to be matters for which notification or other procedures must be carried out with the corresponding State institution or local government institution pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws as amended by this Act and for which those procedures have not been carried out.
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### 第八条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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<sup>suppl-4281-47/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後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。
<sup>suppl-4281-47/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-8/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第九条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4281-47/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4281-47/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-9/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1: 附則第一条 → 学校教育法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4281-47/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-1
- suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1: この条 → 学校教育法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4281-47/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-7
- suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1: 次条 → 学校教育法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4281-47/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-8
- suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1: この項 → 学校教育法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1
- suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1: 附則第九条 → 学校教育法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-4281-47/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-9
- suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-2: 附則第九条 → 学校教育法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-4281-47/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-9

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 学校教育法 附則第七条第一項（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-1
- 学校教育法 附則第七条第二項（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4281-47/art-7/par-2

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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-20261019T143843-009, 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
