Supplementary Provisions, Article 161Transitional Measures concerning Filing of Objections
第百六十一条（不服申立てに関する経過措置）
With regard to filing of objections under the Administrative Complaint Review Act concerning dispositions pertaining to the administrative affairs of the national government, etc. that were made before the effective date, and for which there was a higher administrative authority provided for in the same Act (hereinafter referred to as the "higher administrative authority" in this Article) than the administrative agency that made the dispositions (hereinafter referred to as the "administrative agency reaching the disposition" in this Article) before the effective date, it is deemed that there is a higher administrative authority than the administrative agency reaching the disposition even after the effective date, and the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act apply. In this case, the administrative agency deemed to be the higher administrative authority of the administrative agency reaching the disposition will be the administrative agency that was the higher administrative authority of the agency before the effective date.
施行日前にされた国等の事務に係る処分であって、当該処分をした行政庁（以下この条において「処分庁」という。）に施行日前に行政不服審査法に規定する上級行政庁（以下この条において「上級行政庁」という。）があったものについての同法による不服申立てについては、施行日以後においても、当該処分庁に引き続き上級行政庁があるものとみなして、行政不服審査法の規定を適用する。この場合において、当該処分庁の上級行政庁とみなされる行政庁は、施行日前に当該処分庁の上級行政庁であった行政庁とする。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the administrative agency deemed as the higher administrative authority is a local government organ, the affairs to be handled by the organ pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act are Type-1 statutory entrusted functions prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the New Local Autonomy Act.