# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第六章 (Chapter 6) - 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: 第六章 (Chapter 6) — address `ch-6` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20281223_508AC0000000046) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/ch-6 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第六章　補則 — Chapter VI Auxiliary Provisions heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6 ### 第八十二条（不服申立てをすべき行政庁等の教示） — (Instructions by Administrative Agencies with Which Appeals Should be Filed) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-82 **第一項** 行政庁は、審査請求若しくは再調査の請求又は他の法令に基づく不服申立て（以下この条において「不服申立て」と総称する。）をすることができる処分をする場合には、処分の相手方に対し、当該処分につき不服申立てをすることができる旨並びに不服申立てをすべき行政庁及び不服申立てをすることができる期間を書面で教示しなければならない。ただし、当該処分を口頭でする場合は、この限りでない。 art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-82/par-1 When an administrative agency renders a disposition for which a request for review or a request for re-investigation, or an appeal based on other laws and regulations (collectively referred to as "appeals" below in this Article) may be filed, the administrative agency must inform the party subject to the disposition in writing that an appeal may be filed for the disposition, and the administrative agency with which an appeal should be filed and the period of time during which an appeal may be filed; provided, however, that this does not apply if the disposition is to be rendered orally. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 行政庁は、利害関係人から、当該処分が不服申立てをすることができる処分であるかどうか並びに当該処分が不服申立てをすることができるものである場合における不服申立てをすべき行政庁及び不服申立てをすることができる期間につき教示を求められたときは、当該事項を教示しなければならない。 art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-82/par-2 When an interested person has sought an instruction on whether an appeal may be filed for the disposition, and on the administrative agency with which an appeal should be filed and the period of time during which an appeal may be filed if an appeal may be filed for the disposition, an administrative agency must inform the interested person of the matters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合において、教示を求めた者が書面による教示を求めたときは、当該教示は、書面でしなければならない。 art-82/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-82/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when a person has sought the instruction in writing, the administrative agency must inform the person of the matters in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第八十三条（教示をしなかった場合の不服申立て） — (Filing of Complaints When Instructions Have Not Been Given) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83 **第一項** 行政庁が前条の規定による教示をしなかった場合には、当該処分について不服がある者は、当該処分庁に不服申立書を提出することができる。 art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83/par-1 When an administrative agency has failed to give an instruction under the provisions of the preceding Article, a person who is dissatisfied with the disposition may submit a written complaint to the administrative agency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第十九条（第五項第一号及び第二号を除く。）の規定は、前項の不服申立書について準用する。 art-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83/par-2 The provisions of Article 19 (excluding paragraph (5), items (i) and (ii)) apply mutatis mutandis to a written complaint referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により不服申立書の提出があった場合において、当該処分が処分庁以外の行政庁に対し審査請求をすることができる処分であるときは、処分庁は、速やかに、当該不服申立書を当該行政庁に送付しなければならない。当該処分が他の法令に基づき、処分庁以外の行政庁に不服申立てをすることができる処分であるときも、同様とする。 art-83/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83/par-3 When a written complaint has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and the disposition is a disposition for which a request for review may be filed with an administrative agency other than the administrative agency reaching the disposition, the administrative agency reaching the disposition must promptly send the written complaint to that administrative agency. The same applies when the disposition is a disposition for which a request for review may be filed with an administrative agency other than the administrative agency reaching the disposition based on other laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定により不服申立書が送付されたときは、初めから当該行政庁に審査請求又は当該法令に基づく不服申立てがされたものとみなす。 art-83/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83/par-4 When a written complaint has been sent pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a request for review or the complaint based on the laws and regulations are deemed to have been filed with the administrative agencyin the first place. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第三項の場合を除くほか、第一項の規定により不服申立書が提出されたときは、初めから当該処分庁に審査請求又は当該法令に基づく不服申立てがされたものとみなす。 art-83/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83/par-5 Except for the case referred to in paragraph (3), when a written complaint has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), a request for review or the complaint based on the laws and regulations are deemed to have been filed with the administrative agencyin the first place. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第八十四条（情報の提供） — (Provision of Information) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-84 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-84 **第一項** 審査請求、再調査の請求若しくは再審査請求又は他の法令に基づく不服申立て（以下この条及び次条において「不服申立て」と総称する。）につき裁決、決定その他の処分（同条において「裁決等」という。）をする権限を有する行政庁は、不服申立てをしようとする者又は不服申立てをした者の求めに応じ、不服申立書の記載に関する事項その他の不服申立てに必要な情報の提供に努めなければならない。 art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-84/par-1 An administrative agency vested with the authority to make an administrative determination or decision, or other dispositions (referred to as "administrative determination, etc." in the following Article) concerning a request for review, request for re-investigation or request for re-examination, or filing of administrative complaints based on other laws and regulations (collectively referred to as "administrative complaints" in this Article and the following Article) must endeavor to provide the matters to be entered in a written complaint and other necessary information for filing a complaint, at the request of a person who intends to file a complaint or has filed a complaint. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第八十五条（公表） — (Publication) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-85 **第一項** 不服申立てにつき裁決等をする権限を有する行政庁は、当該行政庁がした裁決等の内容その他当該行政庁における不服申立ての処理状況について公表するよう努めなければならない。 art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-85/par-1 An administrative agency vested with the authority to make an administrative determination, etc. for an administrative complaint filed must endeavor to publicize the content of the administrative determination, etc. made by the administrative agency, and the status of processing the administrative complaints at the administrative agency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第八十六条（政令への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-86 **第一項** この法律に定めるもののほか、この法律の実施のために必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-86/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in this Act, necessary matters for the enforcement of this Act are provided for by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第八十七条（罰則） — (Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-87 **第一項** 第六十九条第八項の規定に違反して秘密を漏らした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。 art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-87/par-1 A person who has divulged any secret in violation of the provisions of Article 69, paragraph (8) is to be punished by imprisonment of not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-82/par-1: この条 → 行政不服審査法 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-82 - art-82/par-3: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-82/par-2 - art-83/par-1: 前条 → 行政不服審査法 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-82 - art-83/par-2: 第十九条 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-2/from-art-19#art-19 - art-83/par-2: 第五項第一号 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条第五項第一号 (Article 19, paragraph (5), item (i)), art-19/par-5/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-2/from-art-19#art-19/par-5/item-1 - art-83/par-2: 第二号 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条第五項第二号 (Article 19, paragraph (5), item (ii)), art-19/par-5/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-2/from-art-19#art-19/par-5/item-2 - art-83/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第一項 (Article 83, paragraph (1)), art-83/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83/par-1 - art-83/par-3: 第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第一項 (Article 83, paragraph (1)), art-83/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83/par-1 - art-83/par-4: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第三項 (Article 83, paragraph (3)), art-83/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83/par-3 - art-83/par-5: 第三項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第三項 (Article 83, paragraph (3)), art-83/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83/par-3 - art-83/par-5: 第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第一項 (Article 83, paragraph (1)), art-83/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-83/par-1 - art-84/par-1: この条 → 行政不服審査法 第八十四条 (Article 84), art-84 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-84 - art-84/par-1: 次条 → 行政不服審査法 第八十五条 (Article 85), art-85 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-6#art-85 - art-87/par-1: 第六十九条第八項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十九条第八項 (Article 69, paragraph (8)), art-69/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-5#art-69/par-8 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 行政不服審査法 — the text as 令和八年法律第四十六号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/426AC0000000068/20281223_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