# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第七十七条 (Article 77)

- 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: 第七十七条 (Article 77)（委員による調査手続） — address `art-77`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-77
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### 第七十七条（委員による調査手続） — (Investigation Procedures by Board Members)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-77</sup>

    **第一項**  審査会は、必要があると認める場合には、その指名する委員に、第七十四条の規定による調査をさせ、又は第七十五条第一項本文の規定による審査関係人の意見の陳述を聴かせることができる。
    <sup>art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-77/par-1</sup>
    When finding it necessary, the Board may have a Board member it has nominated conduct an investigation under the provisions of Article 74 or hear the opinions of the persons concerned with the review under the provisions of the main clause of Article 75, paragraph (1).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-77/par-1: 第七十四条 → 行政不服審査法 第七十四条 (Article 74), art-74 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-74
- art-77/par-1: 第七十五条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第七十五条第一項 (Article 75, paragraph (1)), art-75/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-75/par-1

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## 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