# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第十九条 (Article 19)

- 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: 第十九条 (Article 19)（審査請求書の提出） — address `art-19`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19
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### 第十九条（審査請求書の提出） — (Submission of Written Requests for Review)
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<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19</sup>

  **第一項**  審査請求は、他の法律（条例に基づく処分については、条例）に口頭ですることができる旨の定めがある場合を除き、政令で定めるところにより、審査請求書を提出してしなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-1</sup>
  Unless other laws (for a disposition based on Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance, that Ordinance) provide that a request may be filed orally, a request for review must be filed by submitting a written request for review, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
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  **第二項**  処分についての審査請求書には、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-2</sup>
  A written request for review of a disposition must state the following matters:
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    **一**  審査請求人の氏名又は名称及び住所又は居所
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the name and domicile or residence of the requestor for review;
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    **二**  審査請求に係る処分の内容
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-2/item-2</sup>
    the content of the disposition related to the request for review;
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    **三**  審査請求に係る処分（当該処分について再調査の請求についての決定を経たときは、当該決定）があったことを知った年月日
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-2/item-3</sup>
    the date on which the requestor for review has come to know that the disposition related to the request for review has been rendered (when a decision was made for a request for re-investigation for the disposition, that decision);
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    **四**  審査請求の趣旨及び理由
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-2/item-4</sup>
    the purpose and reasons for filing the request for review;
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    **五**  処分庁の教示の有無及びその内容
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-2/item-5</sup>
    whether any instruction has been given by the administrative agency reaching the disposition and the content of the instruction; and
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    **六**  審査請求の年月日
    <sup>art-19/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-2/item-6</sup>
    the date of filing the request for review.
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  **第三項**  不作為についての審査請求書には、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-3</sup>
  A written request for review of inaction must state the following matters:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  審査請求人の氏名又は名称及び住所又は居所
    <sup>art-19/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-3/item-1</sup>
    the name and domicile or residence of the requestor for review;
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    **二**  当該不作為に係る処分についての申請の内容及び年月日
    <sup>art-19/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-3/item-2</sup>
    the content of the application for the disposition of the inaction and the date of filing the application; and
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    **三**  審査請求の年月日
    <sup>art-19/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-3/item-3</sup>
    the date of filing the request for review.
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  **第四項**  審査請求人が、法人その他の社団若しくは財団である場合、総代を互選した場合又は代理人によって審査請求をする場合には、審査請求書には、第二項各号又は前項各号に掲げる事項のほか、その代表者若しくは管理人、総代又は代理人の氏名及び住所又は居所を記載しなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-4</sup>
  If a requestor for review is a corporation or other associations or foundations, and representative members have been elected from among requestors for review, or a request for review is to be filed by an agent, the written request for review must state the name and domicile or residence of the representative or administrator, the representative members, or the agent, in addition to the matters stated in the items of paragraph (2) or the items of the preceding paragraph.
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  **第五項**  処分についての審査請求書には、第二項及び前項に規定する事項のほか、次の各号に掲げる場合においては、当該各号に定める事項を記載しなければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-5</sup>
  In the cases set forth in the following items, a written request for review of a disposition must state the matters specified in each of those items, in addition to the matters prescribed in paragraph (2) and the preceding paragraph:
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    **一**  第五条第二項第一号の規定により再調査の請求についての決定を経ないで審査請求をする場合　再調査の請求をした年月日
    <sup>art-19/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-5/item-1</sup>
    when filing a request for review without a decision for a request for re-investigation being made pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2), item (i):the date the request for re-investigation has been filed;
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    **二**  第五条第二項第二号の規定により再調査の請求についての決定を経ないで審査請求をする場合　その決定を経ないことについての正当な理由
    <sup>art-19/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-5/item-2</sup>
    when filing a request for review without a decision for a request for re-investigation being made pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2), item (ii):legitimate grounds for not going through the decision; and
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    **三**  審査請求期間の経過後において審査請求をする場合　前条第一項ただし書又は第二項ただし書に規定する正当な理由
    <sup>art-19/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-5/item-3</sup>
    when filing a request for review after the period for filing a request for review has elapsed:legitimate grounds prescribed in the proviso to paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article.
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## Cites
- art-19/par-4: 第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-2
- art-19/par-4: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-3
- art-19/par-5: 第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-2
- art-19/par-5: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条第四項 (Article 19, paragraph (4)), art-19/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-4
- art-19/par-5/item-1: 第五条第二項第一号 → 行政不服審査法 第五条第二項第一号 (Article 5, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-5/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-5/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-5/par-2/item-1
- art-19/par-5/item-2: 第五条第二項第二号 → 行政不服審査法 第五条第二項第二号 (Article 5, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-5/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-5/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-5/par-2/item-2
- art-19/par-5/item-3: 前条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-18/par-1
- art-19/par-5/item-3: 第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-18/par-2

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## Sources

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