# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第二条 (Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Article 2)（処分についての審査請求） — address `art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-2
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### 第二条（処分についての審査請求） — (Requests for Review of Dispositions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  行政庁の処分に不服がある者は、第四条及び第五条第二項の定めるところにより、審査請求をすることができる。
<sup>art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-2/par-1</sup>
A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition by an administrative agency may file a request for review pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 and Article 5, paragraph (2).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-2/par-1: 第四条 → 行政不服審査法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4
- art-2/par-1: 第五条第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-5/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 行政不服審査法 第五条第一項（再調査の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-5/par-1
- 行政不服審査法 第七条第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-7/par-1

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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
