# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第八十三条 (Article 83)

- 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: 第八十三条 (Article 83)（教示をしなかった場合の不服申立て） — address `art-83`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第八十三条（教示をしなかった場合の不服申立て） — (Filing of Complaints When Instructions Have Not Been Given)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83</sup>

**第一項**  行政庁が前条の規定による教示をしなかった場合には、当該処分について不服がある者は、当該処分庁に不服申立書を提出することができる。
<sup>art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-1</sup>
When an administrative agency has failed to give an instruction under the provisions of the preceding Article, a person who is dissatisfied with the disposition may submit a written complaint to the administrative agency.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  第十九条（第五項第一号及び第二号を除く。）の規定は、前項の不服申立書について準用する。
<sup>art-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 19 (excluding paragraph (5), items (i) and (ii)) apply mutatis mutandis to a written complaint referred to in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定により不服申立書の提出があった場合において、当該処分が処分庁以外の行政庁に対し審査請求をすることができる処分であるときは、処分庁は、速やかに、当該不服申立書を当該行政庁に送付しなければならない。当該処分が他の法令に基づき、処分庁以外の行政庁に不服申立てをすることができる処分であるときも、同様とする。
<sup>art-83/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-3</sup>
When a written complaint has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and the disposition is a disposition for which a request for review may be filed with an administrative agency other than the administrative agency reaching the disposition, the administrative agency reaching the disposition must promptly send the written complaint to that administrative agency. The same applies when the disposition is a disposition for which a request for review may be filed with an administrative agency other than the administrative agency reaching the disposition based on other laws and regulations.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  前項の規定により不服申立書が送付されたときは、初めから当該行政庁に審査請求又は当該法令に基づく不服申立てがされたものとみなす。
<sup>art-83/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-4</sup>
When a written complaint has been sent pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a request for review or the complaint based on the laws and regulations are deemed to have been filed with the administrative agencyin the first place.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  第三項の場合を除くほか、第一項の規定により不服申立書が提出されたときは、初めから当該処分庁に審査請求又は当該法令に基づく不服申立てがされたものとみなす。
<sup>art-83/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-5</sup>
Except for the case referred to in paragraph (3), when a written complaint has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), a request for review or the complaint based on the laws and regulations are deemed to have been filed with the administrative agencyin the first place.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-83/par-1: 前条 → 行政不服審査法 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-82
- art-83/par-2: 第十九条 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19
- art-83/par-2: 第五項第一号 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条第五項第一号 (Article 19, paragraph (5), item (i)), art-19/par-5/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-5/item-1
- art-83/par-2: 第二号 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条第五項第二号 (Article 19, paragraph (5), item (ii)), art-19/par-5/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-5/item-2
- art-83/par-2: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第一項 (Article 83, paragraph (1)), art-83/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-1
- art-83/par-3: 第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第一項 (Article 83, paragraph (1)), art-83/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-1
- art-83/par-4: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第三項 (Article 83, paragraph (3)), art-83/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-3
- art-83/par-5: 第三項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第三項 (Article 83, paragraph (3)), art-83/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-3
- art-83/par-5: 第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第一項 (Article 83, paragraph (1)), art-83/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-1

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十二第六項（審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-12/par-6
- 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第二項（教示をしなかった場合の不服申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-2
- 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第三項（教示をしなかった場合の不服申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-3
- 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第四項（教示をしなかった場合の不服申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-4
- 行政不服審査法 第八十三条第五項（教示をしなかった場合の不服申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-83/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-83/par-5

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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
