①In the case set forth in Article 3, paragraph (6), item (i), a mandamus action may be filed only when any serious damage is likely to be caused if a certain original administrative disposition is not made and there are no other appropriate means to avoid that damage.

②When judging whether or not any serious damage would be caused as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the court is to consider the degree of difficulty in recovering from the damage and to take into consideration the nature and extent of the damage as well as the content and nature of the original administrative disposition.

③A mandamus action set forth in paragraph (1) may be filed only by a person who has legal interest to seek an order to the effect that an administrative authority should make a certain original administrative disposition.

④The provisions of Article 9, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis with regard to the judging of whether or not there is legal interest prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

⑤Where a mandamus action satisfies the requirements prescribed in paragraph (1) and paragraph (3), if it is found that the provisions of the laws and regulations which give a basis for an original administrative disposition pertaining to a mandamus action clearly show that the administrative authority should make the original administrative disposition, or it is found that the administrative authority's inaction to make the original administrative disposition goes beyond the bounds of the agency's discretionary power or constitutes an abuse of that power, the court makes a judgment to order that the administrative authority should make the original administrative disposition.