# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第一条 (Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Article 1)（目的等） — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-1
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### 第一条（目的等） — (Purpose)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、行政庁の違法又は不当な処分その他公権力の行使に当たる行為に関し、国民が簡易迅速かつ公正な手続の下で広く行政庁に対する不服申立てをすることができるための制度を定めることにより、国民の権利利益の救済を図るとともに、行政の適正な運営を確保することを目的とする。
<sup>art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-1/par-1</sup>
The purpose of this Act is to establish a system for allowing citizens to broadly file complaints against administrative agencies under simple, prompt, and fair procedures concerning illegal or unjust administrative dispositions of administrative agencies or other acts constituting the exercise of public authority, for the aim of relieving the rights and interests of the citizens, and to ensure proper administrative operation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  行政庁の処分その他公権力の行使に当たる行為（以下単に「処分」という。）に関する不服申立てについては、他の法律に特別の定めがある場合を除くほか、この法律の定めるところによる。
<sup>art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-1/par-2</sup>
A complaint regarding administrative dispositions or other acts constituting the exercise of public authority by administrative agencies (simply referred to as "disposition" below) are to be filed as provided for in this Act, except as otherwise provided for in other laws.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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