# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第四条 (Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Article 4)（審査請求をすべき行政庁） — address `art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（審査請求をすべき行政庁） — (Administrative Agencies with Which Requests for Review Should Be Filed) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4 **第一項** 審査請求は、法律（条例に基づく処分については、条例）に特別の定めがある場合を除くほか、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める行政庁に対してするものとする。 art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1 A request for review is to be filed with the administrative agency specified in the following items in accordance with the category of the cases set forth in each of those items, except as otherwise provided for in laws (for a disposition based on Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance, that Ordinance): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 処分庁等（処分をした行政庁（以下「処分庁」という。）又は不作為に係る行政庁（以下「不作為庁」という。）をいう。以下同じ。）に上級行政庁がない場合又は処分庁等が主任の大臣若しくは宮内庁長官若しくは内閣府設置法（平成十一年法律第八十九号）第四十九条第一項若しくは第二項若しくは国家行政組織法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十号）第三条第二項に規定する庁の長である場合　当該処分庁等 art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-1 when the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition (meaning the administrative agency that has reached the disposition (referred to as the "administrative agency reaching the disposition" below) or the administrative agency that has taken no action (referred to as the "administrative agency having taken no action" below); the same applies below) does not have any higher administrative agency, or falls under a competent minister, the Grand Steward, or the head of an agency prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office (Act No. 89 of 1999), or Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948):that administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 宮内庁長官又は内閣府設置法第四十九条第一項若しくは第二項若しくは国家行政組織法第三条第二項に規定する庁の長が処分庁等の上級行政庁である場合　宮内庁長官又は当該庁の長 art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-2 when the Grand Steward or the head of an agency prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, or Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Government Organization Act falls under the higher administrative agency of the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition.:the Grand Steward or the head of the relevant agency; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 主任の大臣が処分庁等の上級行政庁である場合（前二号に掲げる場合を除く。）　当該主任の大臣 art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-3 when a competent minister falls under the higher administrative agency of the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition (excluding the cases stated in the preceding two items):that competent minister; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げる場合以外の場合　当該処分庁等の最上級行政庁 art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-4 cases other than those stated in the preceding three items:the highest administrative agency of the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-4/par-1/item-1: 内閣府設置法（平成十一年法律第八十九号）第四十九条第一項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000089, 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-1: 第二項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000089, 第四十九条第二項 (Article 49, paragraph (2)), art-49/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-1: 国家行政組織法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十号）第三条第二項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000120, 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-2: 内閣府設置法第四十九条第一項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000089, 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-2: 第二項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000089, 第四十九条第二項 (Article 49, paragraph (2)), art-49/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-2: 国家行政組織法第三条第二項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000120, 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 行政不服審査法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-1 - art-4/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 行政不服審査法 第四条第一項第二号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-2 - art-4/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 行政不服審査法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-1 - art-4/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 行政不服審査法 第四条第一項第二号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-2 - art-4/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 行政不服審査法 第四条第一項第三号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-4/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百四条第二項（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-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-104/par-2 - 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 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百七条第二項（第三者からの審査請求を棄却する場合等における手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-107/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-107/par-2 - 行政不服審査法 第二条第一項（処分についての審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-2/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 第三条第一項（不作為についての審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-3/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 第四条第一項第三号（審査請求をすべき行政庁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-3 - 行政不服審査法 第四条第一項第四号（審査請求をすべき行政庁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-4/par-1/item-4 - 行政不服審査法 第九条第一項（審理員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-9/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 第十六条第一項（標準審理期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-16/par-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 - 行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律 第十八条第二項（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/information-disclosure-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/411AC0000000042/art-18/par-2 - 行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律 第二十条第二項（第三者からの審査請求を棄却する場合等における手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-disclosure-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/411AC0000000042/art-20/par-2 --- ## 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