If a person subject to an administrative guidance that seeks correction of an act that violates laws and regulations (limited to administrative guidance for which the provisions that serve as basis are in laws) considers that the administrative guidance does not conform to the requirements prescribed in the relevant laws, the subject person may notify the administrative organ that has provided the administrative guidance of that fact and seek the administrative organ to suspend the administrative guidance or take other necessary measures; provided, however, that this does not apply if the administrative guidance has been provided after conducting the procedures for granting the subject with the opportunity to give explanations or otherwise state their opinions.
The request referred to in the preceding paragraph must be made by submitting a written notification stating the following matters:
前項の申出は、次に掲げる事項を記載した申出書を提出してしなければならない。
the name and domicile or residence of the person making the request;
申出をする者の氏名又は名称及び住所又は居所
the content of the administrative guidance;
当該行政指導の内容
the provisions of the laws which are the basis for the administrative guidance;
当該行政指導がその根拠とする法律の条項
the requirements prescribed in the provisions of the preceding item;
前号の条項に規定する要件
the reason the person making the request considers that the administrative guidance does not conform to the requirements referred to in the preceding item; and
other matters for reference.
その他参考となる事項
If the proposal under the provisions of paragraph (1) has been made, the administrative organ must conduct the necessary investigation, and if it finds that the administrative guidance does not conform to the requirements prescribed in the relevant laws, it must suspend the administrative guidance or take other necessary measures.