The Administrative Litigation Act (行政事件訴訟法, Gyōsei jiken soshō-hō) is a Japanese statute enacted in 1962 which governs lawsuits involving the government of Japan. It overlays the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Code governs such cases to the extent the Act is silent.
The Act provides for four types of administrative litigation
:Objection by the Prime Minister 27 in the law. This institution is in only Japan, and no similar institution in another country.
is that the Prime Minister challenge to that a court order to suspend execution in the avoidance litigation . This is prescribed by the articleMany administrative law jurists do not admit that this institution is constitutional, by reason of that violation to the principle of separation of powers.
However, in 1969, the Tokyo District Court reject crime of a jurist who appeal that this institution is not constitutional.[1]
The Administrative Appeal Act may also be used to appeal a wrongful government act. Administrative appeals are made directly to the government body whose act is being appealed. Ordinarily the petitioner may choose either venue to contest a government act. However, there are certain special cases (such as tax-related claims) where an administrative appeal process must be completed before a court may hear the case.
行政処分の効力または執行を停止することを裁判所の権限としたのは、本来的な行政作用の司法作用への委譲であり、その権限委譲に当たり、どのような態様で委譲し、どのように司法機関に行わせるかは立法政策の問題であるから、行政事件訴訟法第27条第1項、第4項の規定は憲法第76条第1項に違反するとはいえない。行政事件訴訟法第27条第4項の規定は憲法第76条第3項に違反するとはいえない。行政事件訴訟法第27条に基づく内閣総理大臣の異議申述は憲法第32条に違反するとはいえない。行政事件訴訟法第27条第3項、第6項前段は、いずれも裁判所に対する関係においてはいわゆる訓示規定であり、これに対する適合性の有無は、適法、違法、の問題として裁判所で審判の対象となるものではない。.