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The Religious Organizations Law (宗教団体法, Shūkyō Dantai Hō) was a Japanese law passed by the National Diet in 1939 and enacted in 1940. The law gave the state authority control over religious organizations. Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Religious Organizations Law was repealed on December 28, 1945, and replaced by the "Religious Corporations Ordinance".

See also

• Peace Preservation Law
• Secular Shrine Theory
• Institute of Divinities
• Bureau of Religions

References

1. Ives, Christopher (2009). Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen's Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8248-3331-2.
2. "Religious Organizations Law | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム".
3. Borup, Jørn (2008). Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Leiden: Brill. p. 29. ISBN 978-90-04-16557-1.
4. Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo (1966). Religion in Japanese History. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-231-02834-9.

• Legal history of Japan
• 1939 in Japan
• 1939 in law
• 1939 in religion