# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第三十一条 (Article 31) - 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: 第三十一条 (Article 31)（口頭意見陳述） — address `art-31` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31 - 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. --- ### 第三十一条（口頭意見陳述） — (Oral Opinion Statements) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31 **第一項** 審査請求人又は参加人の申立てがあった場合には、審理員は、当該申立てをした者（以下この条及び第四十一条第二項第二号において「申立人」という。）に口頭で審査請求に係る事件に関する意見を述べる機会を与えなければならない。ただし、当該申立人の所在その他の事情により当該意見を述べる機会を与えることが困難であると認められる場合には、この限りでない。 art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-1 When a petition has been filed by a requestor for review or an intervenor, a review officer must provide the person who has filed the petition (referred to as a "petitioner" below in this Article and Article 41, paragraph (2), item (ii)) with an opportunity to orally state opinions on the case related to the request for review; provided, however, that this does not apply if it is found difficult to provide the petitioner with an opportunity to orally state opinions due to the whereabouts of the petitioner or other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項本文の規定による意見の陳述（以下「口頭意見陳述」という。）は、審理員が期日及び場所を指定し、全ての審理関係人を招集してさせるものとする。 art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-2 The oral statement of opinions under the provisions of the main clause of the preceding paragraph (referred to as "oral opinion statement" below) are to be conducted on the date and at the venue designated by a review officer, by having all of the persons concerned with proceedings participate in the procedure. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 口頭意見陳述において、申立人は、審理員の許可を得て、補佐人とともに出頭することができる。 art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-3 At the time when an oral opinion statement is made, the petitioner may appear together with the assistants, with the permission of the review officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 口頭意見陳述において、審理員は、申立人のする陳述が事件に関係のない事項にわたる場合その他相当でない場合には、これを制限することができる。 art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-4 At the time when an oral opinion statement is made, if the statement by a petitioner refers to matters irrelevant to the case or those inappropriate, a review officer may limit the statement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 口頭意見陳述に際し、申立人は、審理員の許可を得て、審査請求に係る事件に関し、処分庁等に対して、質問を発することができる。 art-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-5 At the time when an oral opinion statement is made, the petitioner may ask questions on the case related to the request for review to the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition, with the permission of the review officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-31/par-1: この条 → 行政不服審査法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31 - art-31/par-1: 第四十一条第二項第二号 → 行政不服審査法 第四十一条第二項第二号 (Article 41, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-41/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-2/item-2 - art-31/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-1 ## Cited by 15 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 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六条第二項（地方公共団体の機関等における審理員による審理手続に関する規定の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-106/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十二第六項（審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-12/par-6 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-22/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十八条の五第二項（審理関係人に対する通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-58-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-58-5/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十八条の五第三項（審理関係人に対する通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-58-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-58-5/par-3 - 行政不服審査法 第九条第四項（審理員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-9/par-4 - 行政不服審査法 第三十一条第一項（口頭意見陳述） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 第三十一条第二項（口頭意見陳述） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-2 - 行政不服審査法 第三十七条第一項（審理手続の計画的遂行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 第三十七条第三項（審理手続の計画的遂行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-37/par-3 - 行政不服審査法 第六十一条第一項（審査請求に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-61/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/appdx-1 - 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