# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第八十一条 (Article 81) - 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: 第八十一条 (Article 81) — address `art-81` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八十一条 art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81 **第一項** 地方公共団体に、執行機関の附属機関として、この法律の規定によりその権限に属させられた事項を処理するための機関を置く。 art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-1 A local government establishes an organ for dealing with the matters that have been placed under its authority pursuant to the provisions of this Act as an organ affiliated to its executive agencies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、地方公共団体は、当該地方公共団体における不服申立ての状況等に鑑み同項の機関を置くことが不適当又は困難であるときは、条例で定めるところにより、事件ごとに、執行機関の附属機関として、この法律の規定によりその権限に属させられた事項を処理するための機関を置くこととすることができる。 art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, when it is inappropriate or difficult to establish an organ referred to in that paragraph in view of the situation of complaints filed in the local government, a local government may establish an organ for dealing with the matters that have been placed under its authority pursuant to the provisions of this Act as an organ affiliated to its executive agencies for each case, pursuant to the provisions of Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前節第二款の規定は、前二項の機関について準用する。この場合において、第七十八条第四項及び第五項中「政令」とあるのは、「条例」と読み替えるものとする。 art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-3 The provisions of Subsection 2 of the preceding Section apply mutatis mutandis to the organs referred to in the preceding two paragraphs. In such a case, the term "Cabinet Order" in Article 78, paragraphs (4) and (5) is deemed to be replaced with "Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項に定めるもののほか、第一項又は第二項の機関の組織及び運営に関し必要な事項は、当該機関を置く地方公共団体の条例（地方自治法第二百五十二条の七第一項の規定により共同設置する機関にあっては、同項の規約）で定める。 art-81/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-4 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three paragraphs, necessary matters concerning the organization and operation of the organs referred to in paragraphs (1) or (2) are provided for by Ordinance of the local government in which the organ is established (for an organ jointly established pursuant to the provisions of Article 252-7, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act, the rules referred to in that paragraph). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-81/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-1 - art-81/par-3: 前二項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-1 - art-81/par-3: 前二項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十一条第二項 (Article 81, paragraph (2)), art-81/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-2 - art-81/par-3: 第七十八条第四項 → 行政不服審査法 第七十八条第四項 (Article 78, paragraph (4)), art-78/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-4 - art-81/par-3: 第五項 → 行政不服審査法 第七十八条第五項 (Article 78, paragraph (5)), art-78/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-78/par-5 - art-81/par-4: 前三項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-1 - art-81/par-4: 前三項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十一条第二項 (Article 81, paragraph (2)), art-81/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-2 - art-81/par-4: 前三項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十一条第三項 (Article 81, paragraph (3)), art-81/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-3 - art-81/par-4: 地方自治法第二百五十二条の七第一項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二百五十二条の七第一項 (Article 252-7, paragraph (1)), art-252-7/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五条第三項（審査会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-3 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六条第二項（地方公共団体の機関等における審理員による審理手続に関する規定の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-106/par-2 - 行政不服審査法 第四十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-43/par-1 - 行政不服審査法 第四十三条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-43/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-43/par-1/item-4 - 行政不服審査法 第八十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-2 - 行政不服審査法 第八十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-3 - 行政不服審査法 第八十一条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-81/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-81/par-4 --- ## 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