# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22)

- 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
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- Provision: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（誤った教示をした場合の救済） — address `art-22`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第二十二条（誤った教示をした場合の救済） — (Relief When an Erroneous Instruction Has Been Given)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22</sup>

  **第一項**  審査請求をすることができる処分につき、処分庁が誤って審査請求をすべき行政庁でない行政庁を審査請求をすべき行政庁として教示した場合において、その教示された行政庁に書面で審査請求がされたときは、当該行政庁は、速やかに、審査請求書を処分庁又は審査庁となるべき行政庁に送付し、かつ、その旨を審査請求人に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-1</sup>
  Regarding a disposition for which a request for review may be filed, when the administrative agency reaching the disposition has erroneously informed a person that an administrative agency that should not be filed a request for review as the administrative agency with which a request for review should be filed, and the person files a request for review in writing with the administrative agency as informed, the administrative agency must promptly send the written request for review to the administrative agency reaching the disposition or the administrative agency that is to become the reviewing agency, and, notify that fact to the requestor for review.
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  **第二項**  前項の規定により処分庁に審査請求書が送付されたときは、処分庁は、速やかに、これを審査庁となるべき行政庁に送付し、かつ、その旨を審査請求人に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-2</sup>
  When the written request for review has been sent to the administrative agency reaching the disposition pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the administrative agency reaching the disposition must promptly send the written request to the administrative agency that is to become the reviewing agency, and, notify that fact to the requestor for review.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第一項の処分のうち、再調査の請求をすることができない処分につき、処分庁が誤って再調査の請求をすることができる旨を教示した場合において、当該処分庁に再調査の請求がされたときは、処分庁は、速やかに、再調査の請求書（第六十一条において読み替えて準用する第十九条に規定する再調査の請求書をいう。以下この条において同じ。）又は再調査の請求録取書（第六十一条において準用する第二十条後段の規定により陳述の内容を録取した書面をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を審査庁となるべき行政庁に送付し、かつ、その旨を再調査の請求人に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-3</sup>
  Regarding a disposition for which a request for re-investigation may not be filed among the dispositions referred to in paragraph (1), when the administrative agency reaching the disposition has erroneously informed a person that a request for re-investigation may be filed and the person files a request for re-investigation with that administrative agency reaching the disposition, that administrative agency reaching the disposition must promptly send the written request for re-investigation (meaning the written request for re-investigation prescribed in Article 19 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61 following the deemed replacement of terms; the same applies below in this Article) or the written statement concerning the request for re-investigation (meaning a document in which the content of the oral statement has been recorded pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of Article 20 as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 61; the same applies below in this Article) to the administrative agency to become the reviewing agency and notify that fact to the requestor for re-investigation.
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  **第四項**  再調査の請求をすることができる処分につき、処分庁が誤って審査請求をすることができる旨を教示しなかった場合において、当該処分庁に再調査の請求がされた場合であって、再調査の請求人から申立てがあったときは、処分庁は、速やかに、再調査の請求書又は再調査の請求録取書及び関係書類その他の物件を審査庁となるべき行政庁に送付しなければならない。この場合において、その送付を受けた行政庁は、速やかに、その旨を再調査の請求人及び第六十一条において読み替えて準用する第十三条第一項又は第二項の規定により当該再調査の請求に参加する者に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-4</sup>
  Regarding a disposition for which a request for re-investigation may be filed, when the administrative agency reaching the disposition has erroneously failed to inform a person that a request for review may be filed, and the person has filed a request for re-investigation with that administrative agency reaching the disposition and has filed a petition, that administrative agency reaching the disposition must promptly send the written request for re-investigation or written statement concerning the request for re-investigation and the related documents and other objects to the administrative agency that is to become the reviewing agency. In such a case, the administrative agency that has received those documents and objects must promptly notify that fact to the requestor for re-investigation and a person that participates in the request for re-investigation pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) or (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61 following the deemed replacement of terms.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  前各項の規定により審査請求書又は再調査の請求書若しくは再調査の請求録取書が審査庁となるべき行政庁に送付されたときは、初めから審査庁となるべき行政庁に審査請求がされたものとみなす。
  <sup>art-22/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-5</sup>
  When the written request for review, or the written request for re-investigation or written statement concerning the request for re-investigation has been sent to the administrative agency that is to become the reviewing agency pursuant to the provisions of each of the preceding paragraphs, the request for review is deemed to have been filed with the administrative agency that is to become the reviewing agency in the first place.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-22/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-1
- art-22/par-3: 第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-1
- art-22/par-3: 第六十一条 → 行政不服審査法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-61
- art-22/par-3: 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/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19
- art-22/par-3: この条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22
- art-22/par-3: 第二十条 → 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-22/par-4: 第六十一条 → 行政不服審査法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-61
- art-22/par-4: 第十三条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-13/par-1
- art-22/par-4: 第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-13/par-2
- art-22/par-5: 前各項 → 行政不服審査法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-1
- art-22/par-5: 前各項 → 行政不服審査法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-2
- art-22/par-5: 前各項 → 行政不服審査法 第二十二条第三項 (Article 22, paragraph (3)), art-22/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-3
- art-22/par-5: 前各項 → 行政不服審査法 第二十二条第四項 (Article 22, paragraph (4)), art-22/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22/par-4

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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
