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Article 17Delegation of Authority or Affairs

第十七条(権限又は事務の委任)

The head of an administrative organ may, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order (for organs under the jurisdiction of the Cabinet, and the Board of Audit, orders by those organs), delegate to an employee of the administrative organ the authority or affairs prescribed in this Chapter.

行政機関の長は、政令(内閣の所轄の下に置かれる機関及び会計検査院にあっては、当該機関の命令)で定めるところにより、この章に定める権限又は事務を当該行政機関の職員に委任することができる。

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