# 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-4291-41`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4291-41
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41
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## 附　則 平成二九年五月三一日法律第四一号
<sup>suppl-4291-41 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4291-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4291-41/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4291-41/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成三十一年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次条及び附則第四十八条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4291-41/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4291-41/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2019; provided, however, that the provisions of the following Article and Article 48 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation.
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### 第二条（専門職大学等の設置のため必要な行為） — Acts Necessary for Establishment of Professional and Vocational Universities, Etc.
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<sup>suppl-4291-41/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4291-41/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  専門職大学又はこの法律による改正後の学校教育法（以下「新学校教育法」という。）第百八条第四項の大学の設置のため必要な手続その他の行為は、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前においても行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-4291-41/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4291-41/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41/art-2/par-1</sup>
Procedures and other acts necessary for the establishment of a professional and vocational university or a university set forth in Article 108, paragraph (4) of the School Education Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New School Education Act") may be carried out even before the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date").
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### 第四十八条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4291-41/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4291-41/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41/art-48</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に規定するもののほか、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-4291-41/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4291-41/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41/art-48/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4291-41/art-1/par-1: 次条 → 学校教育法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4291-41/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4291-41/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41/art-2
- suppl-4291-41/art-1/par-1: 附則第四十八条 → 学校教育法 附則第四十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 48), suppl-4291-41/art-48 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-4291-41/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41/art-48
- suppl-4291-41/art-2/par-1: 第百八条第四項 → 学校教育法 第百八条第四項 (Article 108, paragraph (4)), art-108/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-108/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-108/par-4

## 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-4291-41/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-4291-41/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-20261019T143843-009, 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
