# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第四十九条 (Article 49) - 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: 第四十九条 (Article 49)（不作為についての審査請求の裁決） — address `art-49` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49 - 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. --- ### 第四十九条（不作為についての審査請求の裁決） — (Administrative Determinations for Requests for Review Regarding Inaction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49 **第一項** 不作為についての審査請求が当該不作為に係る処分についての申請から相当の期間が経過しないでされたものである場合その他不適法である場合には、審査庁は、裁決で、当該審査請求を却下する。 art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49/par-1 When a request for review regarding inaction has been filed before the elapse of a reasonable period of time after an application for the disposition of inaction has been filed, or the request is otherwise unlawful, the reviewing agency is to dismiss the request for review by a decision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 不作為についての審査請求が理由がない場合には、審査庁は、裁決で、当該審査請求を棄却する。 art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49/par-2 When there are no grounds for a request for review regarding to inaction, the reviewing agency is to reject the request for review by an administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 不作為についての審査請求が理由がある場合には、審査庁は、裁決で、当該不作為が違法又は不当である旨を宣言する。この場合において、次の各号に掲げる審査庁は、当該申請に対して一定の処分をすべきものと認めるときは、当該各号に定める措置をとる。 art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49/par-3 When there are grounds for a request for review regarding inaction, the reviewing agency is to declare that the inaction is illegal or unjust by an administrative determination. In such a case, when the reviewing agency stated in the following items finds that a certain disposition should be rendered for the application, the reviewing agency stated in the following items is to take the measures specified in each of those items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 不作為庁の上級行政庁である審査庁　当該不作為庁に対し、当該処分をすべき旨を命ずること。 art-49/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49/par-3/item-1 the reviewing agency that is the higher administrative agency of the administrative agency not having taken any action:to order the administrative agency not having taken any action that it should render the disposition; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 不作為庁である審査庁　当該処分をすること。 art-49/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49/par-3/item-2 the reviewing agency that is the administrative agency not having taken any action:to render the disposition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 審査請求に係る不作為に係る処分に関し、第四十三条第一項第一号に規定する議を経るべき旨の定めがある場合において、審査庁が前項各号に定める措置をとるために必要があると認めるときは、審査庁は、当該定めに係る審議会等の議を経ることができる。 art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49/par-4 When there are provisions providing that the disposition of inaction related to a request for review should go through deliberations prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1), item (i), and the reviewing agency finds it necessary for the purpose of taking the measures specified in the items of the preceding paragraph, the reviewing agency may go through deliberations at the Council, etc. related to the provisions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項に規定する定めがある場合のほか、審査請求に係る不作為に係る処分に関し、他の法令に関係行政機関との協議の実施その他の手続をとるべき旨の定めがある場合において、審査庁が第三項各号に定める措置をとるために必要があると認めるときは、審査庁は、当該手続をとることができる。 art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49/par-5 In addition to the cases in which there are provisions prescribed in the preceding paragraph, when other laws and regulations provide that consultation with the relevant administrative agencies should be conducted and other procedures should be conducted regarding the disposition of inaction related to the request for review, and the reviewing agency finds it necessary for the purpose of taking the measures specified in the items of paragraph (3), the reviewing agency may conduct those procedures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-49/par-4: 第四十三条第一項第一号 → 行政不服審査法 第四十三条第一項第一号 (Article 43, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-43/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-43/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-43/par-1/item-1 - art-49/par-4: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十九条第三項 (Article 49, paragraph (3)), art-49/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49/par-3 - art-49/par-5: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十九条第四項 (Article 49, paragraph (4)), art-49/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49/par-4 - art-49/par-5: 第三項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十九条第三項 (Article 49, paragraph (3)), art-49/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-49/par-3 ## Cited by 17 provisions cite this one. 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