Chapter IV Citizen Actions and Interagency Actions — Administrative Case Litigation Act — japanlaw

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Chapter IV Citizen Actions and Interagency Actions

第四章　民衆訴訟及び機関訴訟

Article 42Filing of Action

第四十二条（訴えの提起）

Citizen actions and interagency actions may be filed only by persons specified by Acts in cases provided for in Acts.

民衆訴訟及び機関訴訟は、法律に定める場合において、法律に定める者に限り、提起することができる。

Article 43Application, Mutatis Mutandis, of Provisions on Actions for the Judicial Review of Administrative Dispositions or Public Law-Related Actions

第四十三条（抗告訴訟又は当事者訴訟に関する規定の準用）

The provisions on actions for the revocation of administrative dispositions, except for the provisions of Article 9 and Article 10, paragraph (1), apply mutatis mutandis to citizen actions or interagency actions seeking the revocation of an original administrative disposition or administrative determination.

民衆訴訟又は機関訴訟で、処分又は裁決の取消しを求めるものについては、第九条及び第十条第一項の規定を除き、取消訴訟に関する規定を準用する。

The provisions on an action for the declaration of nullity, etc., except for the provisions of Article 36, apply mutatis mutandis to citizen actions or interagency actions seeking the declaration of nullity of an original administrative disposition or administrative determination.

民衆訴訟又は機関訴訟で、処分又は裁決の無効の確認を求めるものについては、第三十六条の規定を除き、無効等確認の訴えに関する規定を準用する。

The provisions on public law-related actions, except for the provisions of Article 39 and Article 40, paragraph (1), apply mutatis mutandis to citizen actions or interagency actions other than those prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs.

民衆訴訟又は機関訴訟で、前二項に規定する訴訟以外のものについては、第三十九条及び第四十条第一項の規定を除き、当事者訴訟に関する規定を準用する。

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Defined terms7

administrative determination
裁決（さいけつ）
A determination (裁決), decision (決定) or other act by which an administrative agency (行政庁) responds to a request for review (審査請求) or any other appeal (不服申立て).
Article 3, paragraph (3)See it in the glossary
public law-related action
当事者訴訟（とうじしゃそしょう）
A lawsuit about a disposition (処分) or determination (裁決) that confirms or creates a legal relationship between parties, in which a law or regulation makes one party to that relationship the defendant, or a lawsuit about a legal relationship under public law, such as one asking the court to confirm that relationship.
当事者間の法律関係を確認し又は形成する処分又は裁決に関する訴訟で法令の規定によりその法律関係の当事者の一方を被告とするもの及び公法上の法律関係に関する確認の訴えその他の公法上の法律関係に関する訴訟
Article 4, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
original administrative disposition
処分（しょぶん）
In this Act, a disposition (処分) of an administrative agency (行政庁) or any other act that is an exercise of public authority (公権力), leaving out the determinations, decisions and other acts that an administrative agency makes on a request for administrative review (審査請求) or other appeal, which Article 3(3) calls determinations (裁決).
Article 3, paragraph (2)See it in the glossary
citizen action
民衆訴訟（みんしゅうそしょう）
A lawsuit seeking correction of an act of an organ (機関) of the State or of a public entity (公共団体) that does not conform to the law, brought by someone as a voter (選挙人) or in another capacity that does not rest on their own legal interest.
国又は公共団体の機関の法規に適合しない行為の是正を求める訴訟で、選挙人たる資格その他自己の法律上の利益にかかわらない資格で提起するもの
Article 5, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
actions for the revocation of administrative dispositions
取消訴訟（とりけしそしょう）
Both kinds of lawsuit asking the court to revoke an administrative act: the action for the revocation of the original administrative disposition (処分の取消しの訴え) and the action for the revocation of an administrative determination (裁決の取消しの訴え).
Article 9, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
action for the declaration of nullity, etc.
無効等確認の訴え（むこうとうかくにんのうったえ）
A lawsuit asking the court to declare whether a disposition (処分) or determination (裁決) exists, or whether it has legal effect.
処分若しくは裁決の存否又はその効力の有無の確認を求める訴訟
Article 3, paragraph (4)See it in the glossary
interagency action
機関訴訟（きかんそしょう）
A lawsuit over a dispute between organs (機関) of the State or of a public entity (公共団体) about whether one of them holds a power (権限) or how it uses it.
国又は公共団体の機関相互間における権限の存否又はその行使に関する紛争についての訴訟
Article 6, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary

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as amended by Act Partially Amending the Code of Civil Procedure, etc. (Act No. 48 of 2022)民事訴訟法等の一部を改正する法律

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