# 行政不服審査法 / Administrative Complaint Review Act — 第四章 (Chapter 4) - 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: 第四章 (Chapter 4) — address `ch-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/ch-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/ch-4 - 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. --- ## 第四章　再審査請求 — Chapter IV Requests for Re-Examination heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/ch-4 ### 第六十二条（再審査請求期間） — (Period for Filing Requests for Re-Examination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-62 **第一項** 再審査請求は、原裁決があったことを知った日の翌日から起算して一月を経過したときは、することができない。ただし、正当な理由があるときは、この限りでない。 art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-62/par-1 A request for re-examination may not be filed after one month has passed from the day following the day on which the relevant person has come to know that the original administrative determination was made; provided, however, that this does not apply when there are legitimate grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 再審査請求は、原裁決があった日の翌日から起算して一年を経過したときは、することができない。ただし、正当な理由があるときは、この限りでない。 art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-62/par-2 A request for re-examination may not be filed after one year has passed from the day following the day on which the original administrative determination was made; provided, however, that this does not apply when there are legitimate grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六十三条（裁決書の送付） — (Sending of Written Administrative Determination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-63 **第一項** 第六十六条第一項において読み替えて準用する第十一条第二項に規定する審理員又は第六十六条第一項において準用する第九条第一項各号に掲げる機関である再審査庁（他の法律の規定により再審査請求がされた行政庁（第六十六条第一項において読み替えて準用する第十四条の規定により引継ぎを受けた行政庁を含む。）をいう。以下同じ。）は、原裁決をした行政庁に対し、原裁決に係る裁決書の送付を求めるものとする。 art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-63/par-1 The review officer prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 66, paragraph (1) following the deemed replacement of terms or the re-examining agency (meaning an administrative agency with which a request for re-examination has been filed pursuant to the provisions of other laws (including an administrative agency that has taken over the case pursuant to the provisions of Article 14 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 66, paragraph (1) following the deemed replacement of terms); the same applies below) that is an organ stated in the items of Article 9, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 66, paragraph (1) is to request the administrative agency that has made the original administrative determination to send the written administrative determination for the original administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六十四条（再審査請求の却下又は棄却の裁決） — (Administrative Determination on Dismissal or Rejection of Requests for Re-Examination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64 **第一項** 再審査請求が法定の期間経過後にされたものである場合その他不適法である場合には、再審査庁は、裁決で、当該再審査請求を却下する。 art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-1 When a request for re-examination has been filed after the statutory period has passed, or is otherwise unlawful, the re-examining agency is to dismiss the request for re-examination by an administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 再審査請求が理由がない場合には、再審査庁は、裁決で、当該再審査請求を棄却する。 art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-2 When there are no grounds for a request for re-examination, the re-examining agency is to reject the request for re-examination by an administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 再審査請求に係る原裁決（審査請求を却下し、又は棄却したものに限る。）が違法又は不当である場合において、当該審査請求に係る処分が違法又は不当のいずれでもないときは、再審査庁は、裁決で、当該再審査請求を棄却する。 art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-3 When the original administrative determination related to a request for re-examination (limited to an administrative determination that has dismissed or rejected a request for review) is illegal or unjust and the disposition of the request for review is neither illegal nor unjust, the re-examining agency is to reject the request for re-examination by an administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項に規定する場合のほか、再審査請求に係る原裁決等が違法又は不当ではあるが、これを取り消し、又は撤廃することにより公の利益に著しい障害を生ずる場合において、再審査請求人の受ける損害の程度、その損害の賠償又は防止の程度及び方法その他一切の事情を考慮した上、原裁決等を取り消し、又は撤廃することが公共の福祉に適合しないと認めるときは、再審査庁は、裁決で、当該再審査請求を棄却することができる。この場合には、再審査庁は、裁決の主文で、当該原裁決等が違法又は不当であることを宣言しなければならない。 art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-4 Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, when the original administrative determination, etc. related to a request for re-examination is illegal or unjust and revoking or eliminating will significantly harm public interest, and the re-examining agency finds that the revocation or elimination of the original administrative determination, etc. is not in accordance with public welfare upon considering the extent of damage to be sustained by the requestor for re-examination, the extent and method of compensation for or prevention of the damage, and all other circumstances, the re-examining agency may reject the request for re-examination by an administrative determination. In such a case, the re-examining agency must declare that the original administrative determination, etc. is illegal or unjust in the main text of the administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六十五条（再審査請求の認容の裁決） — (Administrative Determination on Approval of Requests for Re-Examination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-65 **第一項** 原裁決等（事実上の行為を除く。）についての再審査請求が理由がある場合（前条第三項に規定する場合及び同条第四項の規定の適用がある場合を除く。）には、再審査庁は、裁決で、当該原裁決等の全部又は一部を取り消す。 art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-65/par-1 When there are grounds for a request for re-examination related to the original administrative determination, etc. (excluding de facto acts) (excluding the cases prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and those to which the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article apply), the re-examining agency is to revoke the original administrative determination, etc. in full or in part by an administrative determination. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When there are grounds for a request for re-examination related to the original administrative determination, etc. (excluding de facto acts) (excluding the cases prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and the those to which the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article apply), the re-examining agency is to revoke the original administrative determination, etc. in full or in part by an administrative determination." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4757/tb **第二項** 事実上の行為についての再審査請求が理由がある場合（前条第四項の規定の適用がある場合を除く。）には、裁決で、当該事実上の行為が違法又は不当である旨を宣言するとともに、処分庁に対し、当該事実上の行為の全部又は一部を撤廃すべき旨を命ずる。 art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-65/par-2 When there are grounds for a request for re-examination related to de facto acts (excluding the cases to which the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply), the re-examining agency is to declare that the de facto acts are illegal or unjust in the administrative determination, and order the administrative agency reaching the disposition to eliminate the de facto acts in full or in part. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六十六条（審査請求に関する規定の準用） — (Application, Mutatis Mutandis of the Provisions on Requests for Review) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-66 **第一項** 第二章（第九条第三項、第十八条（第三項を除く。）、第十九条第三項並びに第五項第一号及び第二号、第二十二条、第二十五条第二項、第二十九条（第一項を除く。）、第三十条第一項、第四十一条第二項第一号イ及びロ、第四節、第四十五条から第四十九条まで並びに第五十条第三項を除く。）の規定は、再審査請求について準用する。この場合において、別表第三の上欄に掲げる規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。 art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-66/par-1 The provisions of Chapter II (excluding Article 9, paragraph (3), Article 18 (excluding paragraph (3)), Article 19, paragraph (3) and paragraph (5), items (i) and (ii), Article 22, Article 25, paragraph (2), Article 29 (excluding paragraph (1)), Article 30, paragraph (1), Article 41, paragraph (2), item (i), sub-items (a) and (b), Section 4, Article 45 through Article 49, and Article 50, paragraph (3)) apply mutatis mutandis to requests for re- examination. In such a case, in the provisions stated in the left-hand column of Appended Table 3, the terms stated in the middle column of that Table are deemed to be replaced with the terms stated in the right-hand column of that Table. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 再審査庁が前項において準用する第九条第一項各号に掲げる機関である場合には、前項において準用する第十七条、第四十条、第四十二条及び第五十条第二項の規定は、適用しない。 art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-66/par-2 When the re-examining agency is an organ stated in the items of Article 9, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 17, Article 40, Article 42, and Article 50, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-63/par-1: 第六十六条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十六条第一項 (Article 66, paragraph (1)), art-66/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-66/par-1 - art-63/par-1: 第十一条第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11/par-2 - art-63/par-1: 第九条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-9/par-1 - art-63/par-1: 第十四条 → 行政不服審査法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-14 - art-64/par-4: 前項 → 行政不服審査法 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-64/par-3 - 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art-66/par-1: 第三項 → 行政不服審査法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-18/par-3 - art-66/par-1: 第十九条第三項 → 行政不服審査法 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-19/par-3 - art-66/par-1: 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-66/par-1: 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-66/par-1: 第二十二条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22 - 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