# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第四十一条 (Article 41)

- 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: 第四十一条 (Article 41)（審理手続の終結） — address `art-41`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四十一条（審理手続の終結） — (Conclusion of Procedures for Proceedings)
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<sup>art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41</sup>

  **第一項**  審理員は、必要な審理を終えたと認めるときは、審理手続を終結するものとする。
  <sup>art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-1</sup>
  When a review officer finds that necessary proceedings have been completed, the review officer is to conclude the procedures for proceedings.
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  **第二項**  前項に定めるもののほか、審理員は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、審理手続を終結することができる。
  <sup>art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-2</sup>
  Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, a review officer may conclude the procedures for proceedings in any of the following cases:
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    **一**  次のイからホまでに掲げる規定の相当の期間内に、当該イからホまでに定める物件が提出されない場合において、更に一定の期間を示して、当該物件の提出を求めたにもかかわらず、当該提出期間内に当該物件が提出されなかったとき。
    <sup>art-41/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-2/item-1</sup>
    when any of the objects prescribed in the following sub-items (a) through (e) has not been submitted within the reasonable period of time referred to in the provisions stated in the sub-items (a) through (e), and even after further specifying a reasonable period of time and requesting the submission of those objects, the objects have not been submitted within the submission period:
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      **イ**  第二十九条第二項　弁明書
      <sup>art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-1</sup>
      the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (2):a written explanation;
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      **ロ**  第三十条第一項後段　反論書
      <sup>art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-2</sup>
      the provisions of the second sentence of Article 30, paragraph (1):a written counterargument;
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      **ハ**  第三十条第二項後段　意見書
      <sup>art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-3</sup>
      the provisions of the second sentence of Article 30, paragraph (2):a written opinion;
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      **ニ**  第三十二条第三項　証拠書類若しくは証拠物又は書類その他の物件
      <sup>art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-4</sup>
      the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (3):evidence documents or articles of evidence, or documents or other objects; or
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      **ホ**  第三十三条前段　書類その他の物件
      <sup>art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-5</sup>
      the provisions of the first sentence of Article 33:documents or other objects;
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    **二**  申立人が、正当な理由なく、口頭意見陳述に出頭しないとき。
    <sup>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</sup>
    when a petitioner does not appear for an oral opinion statement without legitimate grounds.
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  **第三項**  審理員が前二項の規定により審理手続を終結したときは、速やかに、審理関係人に対し、審理手続を終結した旨並びに次条第一項に規定する審理員意見書及び事件記録（審査請求書、弁明書その他審査請求に係る事件に関する書類その他の物件のうち政令で定めるものをいう。同条第二項及び第四十三条第二項において同じ。）を審査庁に提出する予定時期を通知するものとする。当該予定時期を変更したときも、同様とする。
  <sup>art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-3</sup>
  When a review officer has concluded procedures for proceedings pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the review officer is to promptly notify the persons concerned with proceedings the fact that the procedures for proceedings have been concluded, and the scheduled time when the review officer's written opinion prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article and the case record (meaning the written request for review, written explanation, and other documents and objects concerning the case related to the request for review, which are specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 43, paragraph (2)) are to be submitted to the reviewing agency. The same applies when the scheduled time of submission has been changed.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-41/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-1
- art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-1: 第二十九条第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-29/par-2
- art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-2: 第三十条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-30/par-1
- art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-3: 第三十条第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-30/par-2
- art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-4: 第三十二条第三項 → 行政不服審査法 第三十二条第三項 (Article 32, paragraph (3)), art-32/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-32/par-3
- art-41/par-2/item-1/sub-5: 第三十三条 → 行政不服審査法 第三十三条 (Article 33), art-33 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-33
- art-41/par-3: 前二項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-1
- art-41/par-3: 前二項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十一条第二項 (Article 41, paragraph (2)), art-41/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-41/par-2
- art-41/par-3: 次条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十二条第一項 (Article 42, paragraph (1)), art-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-42/par-1
- art-41/par-3: 同条第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十二条第二項 (Article 42, paragraph (2)), art-42/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-42/par-2
- art-41/par-3: 第四十三条第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十三条第二項 (Article 43, paragraph (2)), art-43/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-43/par-2

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