Article 4Exclusion from Application of Dispositions Rendered to Organs of the National Government
第四条（国の機関等に対する処分等の適用除外）
The provisions of this Act do not apply to a disposition rendered (limited to disposition for which those organs or entities are the party subjects to the disposition in their distinct status as government entities) and administrative guidance issued to national government organs, local governments or their organs, and notification given by the organs or associations (limited to the notification that organs or entities should give in their distinct status as government entities).
The provisions of Chapter II and Chapter III do not apply to dispositions rendered to the corporations that fall under any of the following items, and which are rendered based on special provisions of laws relating to the supervision of those corporations (excluding dispositions ordering the dissolution of those corporations or revoking the approval for their establishment or the dismissal of the officers of the corporations or the persons engaged in the business of the corporations):
次の各号のいずれかに該当する法人に対する処分であって、当該法人の監督に関する法律の特別の規定に基づいてされるもの（当該法人の解散を命じ、若しくは設立に関する認可を取り消す処分又は当該法人の役員若しくは当該法人の業務に従事する者の解任を命ずる処分を除く。）については、次章及び第三章の規定は、適用しない。
corporations directly established by laws or established by special act of establishment pursuant to the provisions of special laws; and,
法律により直接に設立された法人又は特別の法律により特別の設立行為をもって設立された法人
corporations that are established by special laws, and, among the corporations that require the approval of an administrative agency for their establishment, those whose business is designated by Cabinet Order as being closely related to the administrative operations of the national government or local governments, .
特別の法律により設立され、かつ、その設立に関し行政庁の認可を要する法人のうち、その行う業務が国又は地方公共団体の行政運営と密接な関連を有するものとして政令で定める法人
When an administrative agency designates a person to perform all or a part of the work for examinations, inspections, certified examinations, registrations based on the provisions of a law, or other administrative affairs, and the designated person (if the person is a corporation, its officer), or an employee or other persons are deemed to be employees engaged in public services in engaging in the work, the provisions of Chapter II and Chapter III do not apply to dispositions rendered to the designated person based on the law concerning the work for the purpose of supervision (excluding a disposition to revoke the designation, a disposition ordering the dismissal of an officer when the designated person is a corporation, or a disposition ordering the dismissal of the person engaged in the work for the designated person).
行政庁が法律の規定に基づく試験、検査、検定、登録その他の行政上の事務について当該法律に基づきその全部又は一部を行わせる者を指定した場合において、その指定を受けた者（その者が法人である場合にあっては、その役員）又は職員その他の者が当該事務に従事することに関し公務に従事する職員とみなされるときは、その指定を受けた者に対し当該法律に基づいて当該事務に関し監督上される処分（当該指定を取り消す処分、その指定を受けた者が法人である場合におけるその役員の解任を命ずる処分又はその指定を受けた者の当該事務に従事する者の解任を命ずる処分を除く。）については、次章及び第三章の規定は、適用しない。
The provisions of Chapter VI do not apply to the acts to establish the administrative orders or other orders stated in the following items:
次に掲げる命令等を定める行為については、第六章の規定は、適用しない。
administrative orders or other orders that provide for the establishment, the scope of affairs under jurisdiction, and other matters concerning the organization, of the national government or local governments;
国又は地方公共団体の機関の設置、所掌事務の範囲その他の組織について定める命令等
administrative orders or other orders that provide for the Record of Imperial Lineage referred to in Article 26 of the Imperial House Act (Act No. 3 of 1947) and other matters concerning the personal status of the Emperor and members of the Imperial Family;
皇室典範（昭和二十二年法律第三号）第二十六条の皇統譜その他天皇及び皇族の身分関係に関する事項について定める命令等
administrative orders or other orders that provide for the manners, uniform regulations, education and training, commendation and remuneration for public employees, and competitive examinations among the public employees;
administrative orders or other orders that provide for the budget, settlement of accounts, and accounting of the national government or local governments (excluding administrative orders or other orders that provide for the qualifications of bid participants, bid deposits, and other matters concerning the counterparties of the contract with the national government or local governments or the persons who seek to become the counterparties), and administrative orders or other orders that provide for the management of the property and articles of the national government or local governments (excluding administrative orders or other orders that provide for lending, exchanging, selling, transferring, entrusting the property or articles, or using them as subject of contribution, or establishing private rights on those acts, which provide for the matters concerning the counterparties of those acts or the persons who seek to become the counterparties);
国又は地方公共団体の予算、決算及び会計について定める命令等（入札の参加者の資格、入札保証金その他の国又は地方公共団体の契約の相手方又は相手方になろうとする者に係る事項を定める命令等を除く。）並びに国又は地方公共団体の財産及び物品の管理について定める命令等（国又は地方公共団体が財産及び物品を貸し付け、交換し、売り払い、譲与し、信託し、若しくは出資の目的とし、又はこれらに私権を設定することについて定める命令等であって、これらの行為の相手方又は相手方になろうとする者に係る事項を定めるものを除く。）
administrative orders or other orders that provide for auditing;
会計検査について定める命令等
administrative orders or other orders that provide for the relationship between organs of the national government, and administrative orders or other orders that provide for the relationship between the national government and ordinary local public entities and the mutual relationship between ordinary local governments, prescribed in Part II, Chapter XII of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947), and other relationships between the national government and local governments and mutual relationship between local governments (including administrative orders or other orders concerning the dispositions to which the provisions of this Act do not apply pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article); or
administrative orders or other orders that provide for the officers and employees, scope of business, financial affairs and accounting, and other matters concerning organization, operation, and management of the corporations prescribed in each item of paragraph (2) (excluding administrative orders or other orders related to dispositions rendered to those corporations that order the dissolution of the corporations or to revoke the approval for the establishment of the corporations, or to dismiss the officers or the employees engaged in the operation of the corporations).