条じょう例れい

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Meanings

A formal legal or administrative noun for regulations set out in provisions. In modern Japanese, 条例 most often means an ordinance or bylaw enacted by a prefecture, city, town, or other local government; the broader 'rules/regulations' sense and the spelling 条令 are less common.

市しは受じゅ動どう喫きつ煙えんを防ふせぐための条じょう例れいを制せい定ていした。
The city enacted an ordinance to prevent passive smoking.
この条じょう例れいに違い反はんすると、罰ばっ金きんが科かされることがある。
If you violate this ordinance, you may be fined.
「条じょう令れい」は、規き則そくや命めい令れいを指さすまれな表ひょう記きとして扱あつかわれる。
条令 is treated as a rare spelling referring to regulations or orders.

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Usage patterns

条じょう例れいを制せい定ていするto enact an ordinance
市しはごみ削さく減げんに関かんする条じょう例れいを制せい定ていした。
The city enacted an ordinance concerning waste reduction.
条じょう例れいを改かい正せいするto amend an ordinance
町ちょう議ぎ会かいは条じょう例れいを改かい正せいすることを決きめた。
The town council decided to amend the ordinance.
条じょう例れいに違い反はんするto violate an ordinance
その業ぎょう者しゃは駐ちゅう車しゃ条じょう例れいに違い反はんしていた。
The business had been violating the parking ordinance.
条じょう例れいで定さだめるto stipulate by ordinance
詳しょう細さいな手て続つづきは条じょう例れいで定さだめる。
The detailed procedures are stipulated by ordinance.
条じょう例れいを可か決けつするto pass an ordinance (in a vote)
議ぎ会かいは新あたらしい条じょう例れいを可か決けつした。
The assembly passed the new ordinance.

Kanji

条article, clause, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc.
例example, custom, usage
令orders, laws, command

Related words

規き則そくN4
規則 is a general word for rules in any setting, while 条例 specifically refers to an ordinance or bylaw enacted by a local government.
法ほう令れいN1
法令 is an umbrella term covering laws and administrative orders in general, whereas 条例 denotes a specific type of regulation made by local government.
法ほう律りつN4
法律 refers to national statutory law passed by the Diet, while 条例 is a bylaw or ordinance enacted by a prefecture, city, or town.
規き程てい
条例 is a formal ordinance enacted by a local government, a narrower and more official category than the general term 規程.

Don't confuse with

条じょう約やくN2
条約 is an international treaty between states, while 条例 is a local ordinance enacted by a Japanese municipality or prefecture; learners confuse them because both share the kanji 条.
政せい令れい
条例 is a regulation enacted by a local government (prefecture or city), while 政令 is issued at the national level by the cabinet.

Word family· 11

市し条じょう例れい
city ordinance; municipal ordinance
都と条じょう例れい
metropolitan bylaw; metropolitan ordinance
保ほ安あん条じょう例れい
Peace Preservation Ordinance
景けい観かん条じょう例れい
landscape ordinance; scenery regulations
行ぎょう政せい条じょう例れい
executive order

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住じゅう民みん投とう票ひょう条じょう例れい
public referendum ordinance
情じょう報ほう公こう開かい条じょう例れい
information disclosure ordinance
迷めい惑わく防ぼう止し条じょう例れい
anti-nuisance ordinance; public nuisance prevention ordinance
青せい少しょう年ねん保ほ護ご育いく成せい条じょう例れい
juvenile protection ordinance
青せい少しょう年ねん健けん全ぜん育いく成せい条じょう例れい
healthy youth development ordinance

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Written forms

条じょう例れいUsage99%
Standard and common spelling, especially for ordinances and bylaws enacted by a local government.
条じょう令れいUsage1%
Uncommon attested spelling for the broader sense of regulations or rules; the modern local-ordinance meaning is normally written 条例.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound. 条 is associated with articles or clauses, and 例 with rules or precedents; the rare spelling 条令 uses 令, associated with orders or laws. This is a useful component explanation rather than a precise historical derivation.