①In providing administrative guidance, a person engaged in administrative guidance must pay attention not to exceed the scope of the duties or affairs under the jurisdiction of the administrative organ by no means and pay attention to the fact that the content of the administrative guidance is to be realized solely due to the voluntary cooperation of the subject person.

②A person engaged in administrative guidance must not disadvantageously treat the person subject to administrative guidance on the grounds that they did not obey the administrative guidance.

In providing administrative guidance that demand withdrawal of an application or modification of the content of an application, a person engaged in administrative guidance must not take an action that obstructs the applicant's exercise of rights by continuing with the administrative guidance or other acts although the applicant expressed that they have no intention of complying with the administrative guidance.

When an administrative organ that has authority to grant permission or other approvals or to render dispositions based on permission or other approvals is unable to exercise the authority, or has no intention of exercising the authority, a person engaged in administrative guidance must not take an action that forces a subject person to comply with the administrative guidance by deliberately indicating the fact that they are capable of exercising the authority.

①A person engaged in administrative guidance must clearly indicate the purpose, content, and the responsible persons for the administrative guidance to the subject person.

②In providing the administrative guidance, if a person engaged in administrative guidance indicates that the administrative organ is capable of exercising the authority to grant permission or other approvals or rendering dispositions based on permission or other approvals, the person must indicate the following matters to the subject person:

③When administrative guidance has been provided orally, if the subject person requests delivery of the document stating the matters prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, a person engaged in the administrative guidance must deliver the document, as long as there is no special hindrance to administrative affairs.

④The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to administrative guidance stated in the following items:

When intending to provide administrative guidance to multiple persons who meet certain conditions in order to achieve a common administrative objective, an administrative organ must establish administrative guidance guidelines, and publicize the guidelines, in advance and on a case-by-case basis, as long as there is no special hindrance to administrative affairs.

①If 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.

②The request referred to in the preceding paragraph must be made by submitting a written notification stating the following matters:

③If 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.