# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第八十七条 (Article 87)

- 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: 第八十七条 (Article 87)（罰則） — address `art-87`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-87
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-87
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### 第八十七条（罰則） — (Penal Provisions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-87</sup>

**第一項**  第六十九条第八項の規定に違反して秘密を漏らした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-87/par-1</sup>
A person who has divulged any secret in violation of the provisions of Article 69, paragraph (8) is to be punished by imprisonment of not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-87/par-1: 第六十九条第八項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十九条第八項 (Article 69, paragraph (8)), 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

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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