The provisions of Chapter II through Chapter IV-2 do not apply to dispositions and administrative guidance stated in the following items:
a disposition rendered through a resolution of both Houses or one House of the Diet, or resolution by a local council;
国会の両院若しくは一院又は議会の議決によってされる処分
a disposition rendered by the judgment of a court or a judge, or rendered as enforcement of judicial decisions;
裁判所若しくは裁判官の裁判により、又は裁判の執行としてされる処分
a disposition that is required to be rendered through a resolution of both Houses or one House of the Diet or through resolution by a local council, or through obtaining the consent or approval of the Houses or the council;
国会の両院若しくは一院若しくは議会の議決を経て、又はこれらの同意若しくは承認を得た上でされるべきものとされている処分
a disposition that is required to be decided by the Audit Commission and administrative guidance to be issued during account audits;
a disposition rendered and administrative guidance issued by public prosecutor, a public prosecutor's assistant officer, or a judicial police official based on laws and regulations related to criminal cases;
a disposition rendered and administrative guidance issued by the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency, Regional Commissioner of a Regional Taxation Bureau, District Director of a tax office, the relevant officials of the National Tax Agency, a Regional Taxation Bureau, or a tax office, Director-General of Japan Customs, customs officials, or tax collectors (including persons that perform the duties of those officials based on the provisions of other laws and regulations) based on laws and regulations related to criminal cases involving national or local tax offenses (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other laws and regulations), and dispositions rendered and administrative guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, its employees (including persons deemed to be its employee pursuant to the provisions of the laws and regulations), a director-general of a Local Finance Bureau, or a directors-general of a Local Finance Branch Bureau based on laws and regulations related to criminal cases involving financial instruments transactions (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other laws and regulations);
a disposition rendered and administrative guidance issued in schools, training schools, training centers, or training institutes to students, pupils, children or toddlers or their custodians, course participants, or trainees in order to achieve the purpose of education, schooling, or training;
a disposition rendered and administrative guidance issued in order to achieve the purpose of accommodation in prisons, juvenile prisons, jails, detention facilities, Coast Guard detention facilities, juvenile training schools, or juvenile classification homes;
a disposition rendered and administrative guidance issued to public employees (meaning the national public employees prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National Public Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947) and local public employees prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Local Public Service Act (Act No. 261 of 1950); the same applies below) or former public employees regarding their duties or status;
a disposition and administrative guidance concerning emigration and immigration of foreign nationals, recognition of refugee status prescribed in Article 61-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951), recognition of status of persons eligible for complementary protection prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article, and naturalization;
外国人の出入国、出入国管理及び難民認定法(昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号)第六十一条の二第一項に規定する難民の認定、同条第二項に規定する補完的保護対象者の認定又は帰化に関する処分及び行政指導
a disposition concerning results of examinations or certification examinations on a person's academic knowledge and skills;
専ら人の学識技能に関する試験又は検定の結果についての処分
a ruling or other dispositions (limited to cases in which both parties are subject to the rulings or dispositions) rendered and administrative guidance issued based on the provisions of laws and regulations for the purpose of adjusting the interests between persons with conflicting interests;
a disposition rendered and administrative guidance issued at the site where events concerning public health, environmental protection, prevention of epidemics, preservation of public safety, and other public interests arise or are likely to arise by police officers or coast guard officers, or other employees who have been given who have been directly given authority under laws to ensure these public interests;
a disposition that order the submission of reports or articles, and other dispositions rendered and administrative guidance issued for the direct purpose of collecting information necessary for the performance of duties;
an administrative determination, decision, and other dispositions rendered by administrative agencies for requests for review, requests for re-investigation, and other appeals; and,
審査請求、再調査の請求その他の不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の処分
a disposition rendered or administrative guidance issued based on laws and regulations for procedures of the dispositions prescribed in the preceding item, procedures for hearings or for granting the opportunity for explanation prescribed in Chapter III, and other procedures for statement of opinions.
The provisions of Chapter VI do not apply to acts to establish the administrative orders or other orders stated in the following items:
次に掲げる命令等を定める行為については、第六章の規定は、適用しない。
Cabinet Orders which provide for the effective date of laws;
法律の施行期日について定める政令
the order or rule when acts specifying orders or rules fall under a disposition;
the order or rule that designates facilities, sections, areas, and other matters similar to them pursuant to the provisions of laws;
法律の規定に基づき施設、区間、地域その他これらに類するものを指定する命令又は規則
administrative orders or other orders concerning salaries, working hours, and other working conditions of public employees; or
the review standards, disposition standards, or administrative guidance guidelines, other than those made available to the public by the provisions of laws and regulations, as established practice, or the decision of organs that establish administrative orders or other orders.
Beyond what is stated in the items of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Chapter II through Chapter VI do not apply to dispositions rendered (limited to dispositions for which the provisions that are the basis of the dispositions are in Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance, or in rules) and administrative guidance issued by the organs of local governments, notifications (limited to those for which the provisions that are the basis of the notice referred to in item (vii) of the preceding Article are in Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance, or in rules) given to the organs of local governments, and the acts by the organs of local governments of establishing administrative orders or other orders.