# 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-5081-37`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-5081-37
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5081-37
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 令和八年六月一七日法律第三七号
<sup>suppl-5081-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-5081-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5081-37</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5081-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-5081-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5081-37/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、令和九年四月一日から施行する。ただし、附則第五条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5081-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-5081-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5081-37/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2027; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第五条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5081-37/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-5081-37/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5081-37/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  前三条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-5081-37/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-5081-37/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5081-37/art-5/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three Articles, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5081-37/art-1/par-1: 附則第五条 → 学校教育法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-5081-37/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-5081-37/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5081-37/art-5

## 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-5081-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-5081-37/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-20261019T143843-012, 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
