If an administrative agency intends to render adverse dispositions, as specified in this Chapter in accordance with the category referred to in the following items, the administrative agency must take procedures for hearing statement of opinions provided for in each of those items for the person who is to become the subject of the adverse disposition:
行政庁は、不利益処分をしようとする場合には、次の各号の区分に従い、この章の定めるところにより、当該不利益処分の名あて人となるべき者について、当該各号に定める意見陳述のための手続を執らなければならない。
when falling under any of the following cases:hearings
次のいずれかに該当するとき 聴聞
when intending to render an adverse disposition that revokes a permission or other approvals;
in addition to the case provided for in sub-item (a), when intending to render an adverse disposition that directly deprives the subject person's qualification or status;
イに規定するもののほか、名あて人の資格又は地位を直接にはく奪する不利益処分をしようとするとき。
in the cases the subject person is a corporation, when intending to render an adverse disposition ordering the dismissal of officers of that corporation, an adverse disposition ordering the dismissal of a person engaged in the operation of the subject person, or an adverse disposition ordering the expulsion of a person who is member of the subject person; or
名あて人が法人である場合におけるその役員の解任を命ずる不利益処分、名あて人の業務に従事する者の解任を命ずる不利益処分又は名あて人の会員である者の除名を命ずる不利益処分をしようとするとき。
other than the cases stated in sub-items (a) through (c), cases in which an administrative agency finds to be appropriate.
イからハまでに掲げる場合以外の場合であって行政庁が相当と認めるとき。
when the case does not fall under any of the cases stated in (a) through (d) of the preceding items:granting of the opportunity for explanation.
前号イからニまでのいずれにも該当しないとき 弁明の機会の付与
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the cases that fall under any of the following items:
次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、前項の規定は、適用しない。
when procedures for statement of opinions prescribed in the preceding paragraph may not be taken because it is necessary to urgently render an adverse disposition in the public interest;
when intending to render an adverse disposition that must be rendered if it is discovered that a person did not have the legally required qualification or has lost the legally required qualification, and for which the fact of the non-existence of the qualification or its loss has been directly proved by a written judgment or decision of the court, by a document of the appointer certifying that the person has obtained regular employment or other objective materials;
法令上必要とされる資格がなかったこと又は失われるに至ったことが判明した場合に必ずすることとされている不利益処分であって、その資格の不存在又は喪失の事実が裁判所の判決書又は決定書、一定の職に就いたことを証する当該任命権者の書類その他の客観的な資料により直接証明されたものをしようとするとき。
when the matters required to be complied with concerning the establishment, maintenance, or management of facilities or equipment, or the manufacturing, sale, or other handling of objects are clarified using technical standards in laws and regulations, and intending to render an adverse disposition ordering compliance with the standards, solely for the reason that the standards are not met, and for which the fact of insufficiency has been confirmed by measurement, experimentation, or other objective certification methods;
when intending to render an adverse disposition for fixing an amount of money required to be paid, ordering the payment of a fixed amount of money, revoking a decision of payment of money, or limiting payment of money; or,
納付すべき金銭の額を確定し、一定の額の金銭の納付を命じ、又は金銭の給付決定の取消しその他の金銭の給付を制限する不利益処分をしようとするとき。
when intending to make an adverse disposition that is specified by Cabinet Order as not being required to hear the opinion of persons who are to become subject to the adverse disposition, owing to the fact that the content of the obligations imposed by the disposition is extremely insignificant in light of the nature of the disposition.