# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第六十九条 (Article 69) - 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: 第六十九条 (Article 69)（委員） — address `art-69` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69 - 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. --- ### 第六十九条（委員） — (Board Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69 **第一項** 委員は、審査会の権限に属する事項に関し公正な判断をすることができ、かつ、法律又は行政に関して優れた識見を有する者のうちから、両議院の同意を得て、総務大臣が任命する。 art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-1 The Board members are to be appointed by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, with the consent of both Houses of the Diet, from among the persons who are capable of making a fair judgment on the matters under the authority of the Board and have excellent insight into law or administration. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 委員の任期が満了し、又は欠員を生じた場合において、国会の閉会又は衆議院の解散のために両議院の同意を得ることができないときは、総務大臣は、前項の規定にかかわらず、同項に定める資格を有する者のうちから、委員を任命することができる。 art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-2 When the term of office of a Board member expires or a vacancy occurs and the consent of both Houses of the Diet cannot be obtained because the Diet is out of session or the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications may appoint a Board member from among the persons who have qualifications prescribed in the preceding paragraph, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合においては、任命後最初の国会で両議院の事後の承認を得なければならない。この場合において、両議院の事後の承認が得られないときは、総務大臣は、直ちにその委員を罷免しなければならない。 art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the subsequent approval of both Houses of the Diet must be obtained in the first session of the Diet after the appointment. In such a case, when the subsequent approval of both Houses of the Diet may not be obtained, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications must dismiss that Board member. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 委員の任期は、三年とする。ただし、補欠の委員の任期は、前任者の残任期間とする。 art-69/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-4 The term of office of a Board member is to be three years; provided, however, that the term of office of a Board member appointed to fill a vacancy is to be the remaining term of office of the predecessor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 委員は、再任されることができる。 art-69/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-5 A Board member may be reappointed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 委員の任期が満了したときは、当該委員は、後任者が任命されるまで引き続きその職務を行うものとする。 art-69/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-6 When the term of office of a Board member has expired, the Board member is to continue to perform their duties until the successor is appointed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 総務大臣は、委員が心身の故障のために職務の執行ができないと認める場合又は委員に職務上の義務違反その他委員たるに適しない非行があると認める場合には、両議院の同意を得て、その委員を罷免することができる。 art-69/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-7 When the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications finds that a Board member is incapable of performing their duties due to mental or physical disorder or has committed a violation of obligations in the course of duties or other malfeasance unsuitable for a Board member, the Minister may dismiss that Board member, with the consent of both Houses of the Diet. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 委員は、職務上知ることができた秘密を漏らしてはならない。その職を退いた後も同様とする。 art-69/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-8 A Board member must not disclose any confidential information that they have learned in the course of duties. The same applies even after leaving their post. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 委員は、在任中、政党その他の政治的団体の役員となり、又は積極的に政治運動をしてはならない。 art-69/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-9 While in office, a Board member must not serve as an officer of a political party or other political bodies, or actively engage in political activities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十項** 常勤の委員は、在任中、総務大臣の許可がある場合を除き、報酬を得て他の職務に従事し、又は営利事業を営み、その他金銭上の利益を目的とする業務を行ってはならない。 art-69/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-10 Full-time board members must not engage in other jobs with remuneration, perform commercial business, or operate other businesses for monetary profit while in office, unless permitted by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十一項** 委員の給与は、別に法律で定める。 art-69/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-11 The remuneration of the board members is specified separately by law. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-69/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十九条第一項 (Article 69, paragraph (1)), art-69/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-1 - art-69/par-3: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十九条第二項 (Article 69, paragraph (2)), art-69/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 行政不服審査法 第六十九条第二項（委員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-2 - 行政不服審査法 第六十九条第三項（委員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-69/par-3 - 行政不服審査法 第八十七条第一項（罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-87/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 附則第二条第一項（準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-2/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/suppl-4261-68/art-4/par-1 --- ## 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