# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第二十一条 (Article 21) - 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: 第二十一条 (Article 21)（処分庁等を経由する審査請求） — address `art-21` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-21 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-21 - 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. --- ### 第二十一条（処分庁等を経由する審査請求） — (Requests for Review Filed via the Administrative Agency Reaching the Disposition) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-21 **第一項** 審査請求をすべき行政庁が処分庁等と異なる場合における審査請求は、処分庁等を経由してすることができる。この場合において、審査請求人は、処分庁等に審査請求書を提出し、又は処分庁等に対し第十九条第二項から第五項までに規定する事項を陳述するものとする。 art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-21/par-1 A request for review in the case the administrative agency with which the request should be filed is different from the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition, may be filed via the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition. In such a case, the requestor for review is to submit a written request for review to the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition, or orally state the matters prescribed in Article 19, paragraphs (2) through (5) to the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合には、処分庁等は、直ちに、審査請求書又は審査請求録取書（前条後段の規定により陳述の内容を録取した書面をいう。第二十九条第一項及び第五十五条において同じ。）を審査庁となるべき行政庁に送付しなければならない。 art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-21/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition must immediately send the written request for review or the written statement concerning the request for review (meaning a document in which the content of the oral statement has been recorded pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of the preceding Article; the same applies in Article 29, paragraph (1) and Article 55) to the administrative agency that is to become the reviewing agency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の場合における審査請求期間の計算については、処分庁に審査請求書を提出し、又は処分庁に対し当該事項を陳述した時に、処分についての審査請求があったものとみなす。 art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-21/par-3 In calculating the period for filing a request for review in the case referred to in paragraph (1), the request for review of the disposition is deemed to have been filed at the time when the written request for review has been submitted, or when the statement of the matters has been made to the administrative agency reaching the disposition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-21/par-1: 第十九条第二項から第五項まで → 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-21/par-1: 第十九条第二項から第五項まで → 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-21/par-1: 第十九条第二項から第五項まで → 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-21/par-1: 第十九条第二項から第五項まで → 行政不服審査法 第十九条第五項 (Article 19, paragraph (5)), 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 - art-21/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-21/par-1 - art-21/par-2: 前条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-20 - art-21/par-2: 第二十九条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-29/par-1 - art-21/par-2: 第五十五条 → 行政不服審査法 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-55 - art-21/par-3: 第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-21/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不動産登記法 第百五十八条第一項（行政不服審査法の適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/real-property-registration-act/art-158/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000123/art-158/par-1 - 性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律 第三十一条第一項（行政不服審査法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-31/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 第十四条第一項（行政庁が裁決をする権限を有しなくなった場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-14/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 第二十一条第二項（処分庁等を経由する審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-21/par-2 - 行政不服審査法 第二十一条第三項（処分庁等を経由する審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-21/par-3 - 行政不服審査法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/appdx-2 - 行政不服審査法 別表第三 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/appdx-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/appdx-3 --- ## 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