# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4261-68` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68 - 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. --- ## 附　則 suppl-4261-68 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-68/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4261-68/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of the following Article come into effect on the date of promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（準備行為） — (Preparatory Actions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-68/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-2 **第一項** 第六十九条第一項の規定による審査会の委員の任命に関し必要な行為は、この法律の施行の日前においても、同項の規定の例によりすることができる。 suppl-4261-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-2/par-1 The necessary actions for the appointment of members of the Board under the provisions of Article 69, paragraph (1) may be performed even before the effective date of this Act in accordance with the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条（経過措置） — (Transitional Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-68/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-3 **第一項** 行政庁の処分又は不作為についての不服申立てであって、この法律の施行前にされた行政庁の処分又はこの法律の施行前にされた申請に係る行政庁の不作為に係るものについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4261-68/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-3/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern an administrative complaint filed for a disposition or inaction of an administrative agency, which is a disposition rendered before the enforcement of this Act or inaction by an administrative agency concerning an application filed before the enforcement of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四条 suppl-4261-68/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-4 **第一項** この法律の施行後最初に任命される審査会の委員の任期は、第六十九条第四項本文の規定にかかわらず、九人のうち、三人は二年、六人は三年とする。 suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-1 The term of office of the members of the Board who are appointed for the first time after the enforcement of this Act is two years for three members and three years for the remaining six members of the nine Board members, notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of Article 69, paragraph (4). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する各委員の任期は、総務大臣が定める。 suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-2 The term of office of each Board member specified in the preceding paragraph is to be provided for by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — (Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-68/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-5 **第一項** 前二条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4261-68/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-5/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two Articles, necessary transitional measures for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六条（検討） — (Review) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-68/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-6 **第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、この法律の施行の状況について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4261-68/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-6/par-1 Once five years have passed after this Act comes into effect, the government is to review the enforcement status of this Act, and take the required measures based on the results of the review if it finds this to be necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4261-68/art-1/par-1: 次条 → 行政不服審査法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4261-68/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-2 - suppl-4261-68/art-2/par-1: 第六十九条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十九条第一項 (Article 69, paragraph (1)), art-69/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-1 - suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-1: 第六十九条第四項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十九条第四項 (Article 69, paragraph (4)), art-69/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-4 - suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-1 - suppl-4261-68/art-5/par-1: 前二条 → 行政不服審査法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4261-68/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-3 - suppl-4261-68/art-5/par-1: 前二条 → 行政不服審査法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4261-68/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 行政不服審査法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-1/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 附則第四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-2 - 行政不服審査法 附則第五条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-5/par-1 --- ## 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