# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（経過措置） — address `suppl-4261-68/art-3`
- 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/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-3
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### 第三条（経過措置） — (Transitional Measures)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>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</sup>

**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。
<sup>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</sup>
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.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 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

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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
