# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72)

- 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72)（合議体） — address `art-72`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-72
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-72
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### 第七十二条（合議体） — (Panel)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-72</sup>

    **第一項**  審査会は、委員のうちから、審査会が指名する者三人をもって構成する合議体で、審査請求に係る事件について調査審議する。
    <sup>art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-72/par-1</sup>
    A panel consisting of three persons nominated by the Board from among the Board members investigates and deliberates cases related to a request for review.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、審査会が定める場合においては、委員の全員をもって構成する合議体で、審査請求に係る事件について調査審議する。
    <sup>art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-72/par-2</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the case specified by the Board, a panel consisting of all Board members investigates and deliberates cases related to a request for review.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-72/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-72/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 行政不服審査法 第七十二条第二項（合議体） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-72/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
