# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第六十四条 (Article 64) - 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: 第六十四条 (Article 64)（再審査請求の却下又は棄却の裁決） — address `art-64` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64 - 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. --- ### 第六十四条（再審査請求の却下又は棄却の裁決） — (Administrative Determination on Dismissal or Rejection of Requests for Re-Examination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64 **第一項** 再審査請求が法定の期間経過後にされたものである場合その他不適法である場合には、再審査庁は、裁決で、当該再審査請求を却下する。 art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-1 When a request for re-examination has been filed after the statutory period has passed, or is otherwise unlawful, the re-examining agency is to dismiss the request for re-examination by an administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 再審査請求が理由がない場合には、再審査庁は、裁決で、当該再審査請求を棄却する。 art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-2 When there are no grounds for a request for re-examination, the re-examining agency is to reject the request for re-examination by an administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 再審査請求に係る原裁決（審査請求を却下し、又は棄却したものに限る。）が違法又は不当である場合において、当該審査請求に係る処分が違法又は不当のいずれでもないときは、再審査庁は、裁決で、当該再審査請求を棄却する。 art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-3 When the original administrative determination related to a request for re-examination (limited to an administrative determination that has dismissed or rejected a request for review) is illegal or unjust and the disposition of the request for review is neither illegal nor unjust, the re-examining agency is to reject the request for re-examination by an administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項に規定する場合のほか、再審査請求に係る原裁決等が違法又は不当ではあるが、これを取り消し、又は撤廃することにより公の利益に著しい障害を生ずる場合において、再審査請求人の受ける損害の程度、その損害の賠償又は防止の程度及び方法その他一切の事情を考慮した上、原裁決等を取り消し、又は撤廃することが公共の福祉に適合しないと認めるときは、再審査庁は、裁決で、当該再審査請求を棄却することができる。この場合には、再審査庁は、裁決の主文で、当該原裁決等が違法又は不当であることを宣言しなければならない。 art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-4 Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, when the original administrative determination, etc. related to a request for re-examination is illegal or unjust and revoking or eliminating will significantly harm public interest, and the re-examining agency finds that the revocation or elimination of the original administrative determination, etc. is not in accordance with public welfare upon considering the extent of damage to be sustained by the requestor for re-examination, the extent and method of compensation for or prevention of the damage, and all other circumstances, the re-examining agency may reject the request for re-examination by an administrative determination. In such a case, the re-examining agency must declare that the original administrative determination, etc. is illegal or unjust in the main text of the administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-64/par-4: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の七十三第三項（再審査の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-73/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第十六条第二項（法務大臣に対する再審査の申請に関する技術的読替え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-16/par-2 - 行政不服審査法 第六十四条第四項（再審査請求の却下又は棄却の裁決） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-4 - 行政不服審査法 第六十五条第一項（再審査請求の認容の裁決） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-65/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 第六十五条第二項（再審査請求の認容の裁決） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-65/par-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