The examination on the date of a hearing relating to a disposition under Article 4, paragraph (6), Article 4-2, paragraph (6), Article 7-8 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7-9, paragraph (4)) or Article 7-13 must be conducted in public.
If an interested person in a disposition has requested, pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993), to participate in the procedures relating to the hearing, the presiding officer of a hearing under Article 7-8 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7-9, paragraph (4)) or Article 7-13 must grant permission.
第七条の八（第七条の九第四項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第七条の十三の聴聞の主宰者は、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第十七条第一項の規定により当該処分に係る利害関係人が当該聴聞に関する手続に参加することを求めたときは、これを許可しなければならない。
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