Article 1.　The purpose of this Law is to encourage local public entities for the supply of the textbooks to the children who enter the public schools in the school year 1951 as an attempt for a wider realization of the ideal of free compulsory education.

Article 2.　In cases where cities, towns and villages (including associations of cities, towns and villages;hereinafter the same.) supply the textbooks of the national language and arithmetic to be used in the first grade course as provided for by Cabinet Order, for the children who enter the first grade of the elementary schools set up by them (including those children who are trusted by those cities, towns and villages to the Government, or To, Do, Fu and prefectures, or to the school juridical persons for their education in accordance with the provision of Article 104 paragraph 1 of the School Education Law (Law No.26 of 1947) and excluding those who are transferred from other schools in the course of the school year.), the Government shall subsidize, within limit of its budget, half of the expenses needed for the supply, in order to fulfil the aim mentioned in the preceding Article.

2　In cases where To, Do, Fu and prefectures supply the textbooks of the national language and arithmetic and other subjects to be used for the first grade course as provided for by Cabinet Order, for the children who enter the first grade of the elementary sections of the schools for the blind and for the deaf set up by them in the school year 1951, (excluding those who are transferred from other schools in the course of the school year), the Government shall subsidize, within the limit of its budget, half of the expenses needed for the supply, in order to fulfil the aim mentioned in the preceding Article.

3　The procedures for delivering the subsidies as provided for in the preceding two paragraphs shall be determined by Cabinet Order.

Article 3.　With regard to the application of the provision of paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, the elementary schools set up by special wards shall be regarded as the elementary schools set up by To, and as regards the said schools, To shall be regarded as cities, towns and villages.