At the beginning of the first date of the hearing, the presiding official must have an employee of an administrative agency explain the content of the anticipated adverse disposition, the provisions of laws and regulations which are the basis of the adverse disposition, and the facts that are to be the cause of the adverse disposition to the persons who appeared on the date of the hearing.
Relevant persons or intervenors may appear on the date of the hearing, and state their opinions and submit evidence documents or other evidence, and ask questions to the employees of the administrative agency with the approval of the presiding official.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, relevant persons or intervenors may appear together with assistants with the permission of the presiding official.
When the presiding official finds it necessary, they may ask questions to the relevant persons or intervenors, call upon the relevant persons or intervenors to state opinions or submit evidence documents or other evidence, or request employees of the administrative agency to provide explanations.
Even if some relevant persons or intervenors do not make an appearance, the presiding official may conduct the proceedings on the date of the hearing.
Expect when an administrative agency finds it appropriate to open the proceedings to the public, proceedings on the date of hearings will be closed to the public.
聴聞の期日における審理は、行政庁が公開することを相当と認めるときを除き、公開しない。