# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第十一条 (Article 11)

- Law: 行政不服審査法 (Administrative Complaint Review Act), 平成二十六年法律第六十八号
- English title "Administrative Complaint Review Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第十一条 (Article 11)（総代） — address `art-11`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11
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### 第十一条（総代） — (Representative Members)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11</sup>

  **第一項**  多数人が共同して審査請求をしようとするときは、三人を超えない総代を互選することができる。
  <sup>art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11/par-1</sup>
  When a large number of persons intend to jointly file a request for review, they may elect up to three representative members from among themselves.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  共同審査請求人が総代を互選しない場合において、必要があると認めるときは、第九条第一項の規定により指名された者（以下「審理員」という。）は、総代の互選を命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11/par-2</sup>
  When the joint requestors for review do not elect representative members from among themselves and it is found necessary, a person who has been nominated pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) (referred to as "review officer" below) may order the joint requestors for review to elect representative members from among themselves.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  総代は、各自、他の共同審査請求人のために、審査請求の取下げを除き、当該審査請求に関する一切の行為をすることができる。
  <sup>art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11/par-3</sup>
  Each of the representative members may conduct all acts related to the request for review, except for the withdrawal of the request on behalf of other joint requestors for review.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  総代が選任されたときは、共同審査請求人は、総代を通じてのみ、前項の行為をすることができる。
  <sup>art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11/par-4</sup>
  When representative members have been appointed, joint requestors for review may conduct the acts referred to in the preceding paragraph only through the representative members.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  共同審査請求人に対する行政庁の通知その他の行為は、二人以上の総代が選任されている場合においても、一人の総代に対してすれば足りる。
  <sup>art-11/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11/par-5</sup>
  Even if two or more representative members have been appointed, it is sufficient for the notice to be given or other acts to be performed by an administrative agency to be given to one of the representative members.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第六項**  共同審査請求人は、必要があると認める場合には、総代を解任することができる。
  <sup>art-11/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11/par-6</sup>
  Joint requestors for review may dismiss a representative member if they find it necessary.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-11/par-2: 第九条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-9/par-1
- art-11/par-4: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第十一条第三項 (Article 11, paragraph (3)), art-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11/par-3

## Cited by

13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 不動産登記法 第百五十七条第二項（審査請求事件の処理） — https://japanlaw.org/en/real-property-registration-act/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000123/art-157/par-2
- 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百四条第二項（審理員による審理手続に関する規定の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-104/par-2
- 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六条第二項（地方公共団体の機関等における審理員による審理手続に関する規定の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-106/par-2
- 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十二第五項（審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-12/par-5
- 国税通則法 第百五条第八項（不服申立てと国税の徴収との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-tax-general-rules-act/art-105/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000066/art-105/par-8
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- 行政不服審査法 第十一条第四項（総代） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11/par-4
- 行政不服審査法 第六十一条第一項（審査請求に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-61/par-1
- 行政不服審査法 第六十三条第一項（裁決書の送付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-63/par-1
- 行政不服審査法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/appdx-1
- 行政不服審査法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/appdx-2
- 行政不服審査法 別表第三 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/appdx-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/appdx-3
- 行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律 第十八条第二項（審理員による審理手続に関する規定の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-disclosure-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/411AC0000000042/art-18/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 行政不服審査法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/426AC0000000068/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Administrative Complaint Review Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4757/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 208 — 行政不服審査法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
