# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第六十五条 (Article 65)

- 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: 第六十五条 (Article 65)（再審査請求の認容の裁決） — address `art-65`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-65
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### 第六十五条（再審査請求の認容の裁決） — (Administrative Determination on Approval of Requests for Re-Examination)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-65</sup>

**第一項**  原裁決等（事実上の行為を除く。）についての再審査請求が理由がある場合（前条第三項に規定する場合及び同条第四項の規定の適用がある場合を除く。）には、再審査庁は、裁決で、当該原裁決等の全部又は一部を取り消す。
<sup>art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-65/par-1</sup>
When there are grounds for a request for re-examination related to the original administrative determination, etc. (excluding de facto acts) (excluding the cases prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and those to which the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article apply), the re-examining agency is to revoke the original administrative determination, etc. in full or in part by an administrative determination.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When there are grounds for a request for re-examination related to the original administrative determination, etc. (excluding de facto acts) (excluding the cases prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and the those to which the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article apply), the re-examining agency is to revoke the original administrative determination, etc. in full or in part by an administrative determination." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4757/tb</sup>

**第二項**  事実上の行為についての再審査請求が理由がある場合（前条第四項の規定の適用がある場合を除く。）には、裁決で、当該事実上の行為が違法又は不当である旨を宣言するとともに、処分庁に対し、当該事実上の行為の全部又は一部を撤廃すべき旨を命ずる。
<sup>art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-65/par-2</sup>
When there are grounds for a request for re-examination related to de facto acts (excluding the cases to which the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply), the re-examining agency is to declare that the de facto acts are illegal or unjust in the administrative determination, and order the administrative agency reaching the disposition to eliminate the de facto acts in full or in part.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-65/par-1: 前条第三項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-3
- art-65/par-1: 同条第四項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十四条第四項 (Article 64, paragraph (4)), art-64/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-4
- art-65/par-2: 前条第四項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十四条第四項 (Article 64, paragraph (4)), art-64/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-4

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Administrative Complaint Review Act, written 2026-10-18
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Administrative Complaint Review Act (行政不服審査法), Article 65, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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
