# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第三十七条 (Article 37) - 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: 第三十七条 (Article 37)（審理手続の計画的遂行） — address `art-37` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十七条（審理手続の計画的遂行） — (Planned Performance of Procedures for Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37 **第一項** 審理員は、審査請求に係る事件について、審理すべき事項が多数であり又は錯綜しているなど事件が複雑であることその他の事情により、迅速かつ公正な審理を行うため、第三十一条から前条までに定める審理手続を計画的に遂行する必要があると認める場合には、期日及び場所を指定して、審理関係人を招集し、あらかじめ、これらの審理手続の申立てに関する意見の聴取を行うことができる。 art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37/par-1 Regarding the case related to the request for review, if a review officer finds it necessary to perform the procedures for proceedings prescribed in Article 31 through the preceding Article in a well-planned manner in order to conduct prompt and fair proceedings, due to the complexity of the case such as the fact that there are many matters to be examined or that they are entwined, or due to other circumstances, the review officer may designate the date and place to gather the persons concerned with proceedings and hear their opinions on the petition for the procedures for proceedings in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 審理員は、審理関係人が遠隔の地に居住している場合その他相当と認める場合には、政令で定めるところにより、審理員及び審理関係人が音声の送受信により通話をすることができる方法によって、前項に規定する意見の聴取を行うことができる。 art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37/par-2 When a person concerned with proceedings lives in a remote area or when found to be appropriate, a review officer may conduct hearing of opinions prescribed in the preceding paragraph by a means that enables the review officer and the person concerned with proceedings to communicate with each other by audio transmissions, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 審理員は、前二項の規定による意見の聴取を行ったときは、遅滞なく、第三十一条から前条までに定める審理手続の期日及び場所並びに第四十一条第一項の規定による審理手続の終結の予定時期を決定し、これらを審理関係人に通知するものとする。当該予定時期を変更したときも、同様とする。 art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37/par-3 When a review officer has conducted the hearing of opinions under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the review officer must decide the date and place of the procedures for proceedings specified in Article 31 through the preceding Article, and the scheduled time when the procedures for proceedings are to be concluded under the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (1), and notify the persons concerned with proceedings of these matters without delay. The same applies when the scheduled time has been changed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-37/par-1: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31 - art-37/par-1: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-32 - art-37/par-1: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十三条 (Article 33), art-33 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-33 - art-37/par-1: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十四条 (Article 34), art-34 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-34 - art-37/par-1: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十五条 (Article 35), art-35 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-35 - art-37/par-1: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-36 - art-37/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37/par-1 - art-37/par-3: 前二項 → 行政不服審査法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37/par-1 - art-37/par-3: 前二項 → 行政不服審査法 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37/par-2 - art-37/par-3: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31 - art-37/par-3: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-32 - art-37/par-3: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十三条 (Article 33), art-33 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-33 - art-37/par-3: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十四条 (Article 34), art-34 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-34 - art-37/par-3: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十五条 (Article 35), art-35 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-35 - art-37/par-3: 第三十一条から前条まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-36 - art-37/par-3: 第四十一条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不動産登記法 第百五十八条第一項（行政不服審査法の適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/real-property-registration-act/art-158/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000123/art-158/par-1 - 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施行令 第二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-22/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 第九条第四項（審理員） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-9/par-4 - 行政不服審査法 第三十七条第二項（審理手続の計画的遂行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37/par-2 - 行政不服審査法 第三十七条第三項（審理手続の計画的遂行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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