When an administrative agency has failed to give an instruction under the provisions of the preceding Article, a person who is dissatisfied with the disposition may submit a written complaint to the administrative agency.
The provisions of Article 19 (excluding paragraph (5), items (i) and (ii)) apply mutatis mutandis to a written complaint referred to in the preceding paragraph.
When a written complaint has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and the disposition is a disposition for which a request for review may be filed with an administrative agency other than the administrative agency reaching the disposition, the administrative agency reaching the disposition must promptly send the written complaint to that administrative agency. The same applies when the disposition is a disposition for which a request for review may be filed with an administrative agency other than the administrative agency reaching the disposition based on other laws and regulations.
When a written complaint has been sent pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a request for review or the complaint based on the laws and regulations are deemed to have been filed with the administrative agencyin the first place.
前項の規定により不服申立書が送付されたときは、初めから当該行政庁に審査請求又は当該法令に基づく不服申立てがされたものとみなす。
Except for the case referred to in paragraph (3), when a written complaint has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), a request for review or the complaint based on the laws and regulations are deemed to have been filed with the administrative agencyin the first place.