# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第七十八条 (Article 78) - 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（提出資料の閲覧等） — address `art-78` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（提出資料の閲覧等） — (Inspection of Submitted Materials) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78 **第一項** 審査関係人は、審査会に対し、審査会に提出された主張書面若しくは資料の閲覧（電磁的記録にあっては、記録された事項を審査会が定める方法により表示したものの閲覧）又は当該主張書面若しくは当該資料の写し若しくは当該電磁的記録に記録された事項を記載した書面の交付を求めることができる。この場合において、審査会は、第三者の利益を害するおそれがあると認めるとき、その他正当な理由があるときでなければ、その閲覧又は交付を拒むことができない。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-1 The persons concerned with the review may request the Board the inspection of a written statement of allegations or materials submitted to the Board (for an electronic or magnetic record, the inspection of a media that displays the matters recorded by the method specified by the Board), or the delivery of copies of the written statement of allegations or materials, or a document stating the matters recorded in the electronic or magnetic record. In such a case, the Board may not refuse the inspection or the delivery of the documents unless it is found that the inspection or the delivery is likely to harm the interest of a third party, or there are other legitimate grounds for refusal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 審査会は、前項の規定による閲覧をさせ、又は同項の規定による交付をしようとするときは、当該閲覧又は交付に係る主張書面又は資料の提出人の意見を聴かなければならない。ただし、審査会が、その必要がないと認めるときは、この限りでない。 art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-2 When the Board intends to enable the inspection under the provisions of the preceding paragraph or the delivery under the provisions of that paragraph, the Board must hear the opinions of the persons that have submitted the written statements of allegations or materials to be inspected or delivered; provided, however, that this does not apply if the Board finds it unnecessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 審査会は、第一項の規定による閲覧について、日時及び場所を指定することができる。 art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-3 The board may designate the date of and the place for the inspection under the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による交付を受ける審査請求人又は参加人は、政令で定めるところにより、実費の範囲内において政令で定める額の手数料を納めなければならない。 art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-4 A requestor for review or an intervenor who receives the delivery under the provisions of paragraph (1) must pay the fees specified by Cabinet Order within an amount not exceeding the actual cost, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 審査会は、経済的困難その他特別の理由があると認めるときは、政令で定めるところにより、前項の手数料を減額し、又は免除することができる。 art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-5 When the Board finds that there are financial difficulties or other specific reasons, it may reduce the amount of the fees stated in the preceding paragraph or exempt the relevant person from paying the fees, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-3: 第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-4: 第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-5: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第七十八条第四項 (Article 78, paragraph (4)), art-78/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 行政不服審査法 第七十八条第二項（提出資料の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-2 - 行政不服審査法 第七十八条第三項（提出資料の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-3 - 行政不服審査法 第七十八条第四項（提出資料の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-4 - 行政不服審査法 第七十八条第五項（提出資料の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-5 - 行政不服審査法 第八十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-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