Innovation in Administrative Legislation
Enactment of General Act on Administrative Law + Improvement of Administrative Acts. We are striving to enact General Act on Administrative Law that stipulates principles and standards for enforcement of administrative laws and systematizes common systems contained in separate acts and to ensure the proactive public administration and the government’s innovation by improving administrative legislation.
Enacting General Act on Administrative Law to ensure the law-governed administration and protect the rights of the public
Administrative laws are main laws that govern the activities of administration of govern- ment agencies, such as land, environment, and welfare, and have significant impact on the public and businesses. Therefore General Act on Administrative Law is needed to be enacted to lay down principles and standards for law enforcement.
Among 4,812 statutes, more than 4,400 (92%) are administrative laws. (as of September of 2019)
Main contents of the draft of the General Act on Administrative Law
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Stipulating general principles of administrative law
principle of protection of trust, principle of proportionality, principle of prohibition of unfair association, etc.
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Strengthening the foundation for proactive public administration
“principles for proactive public administration” to modify unreasonable regulations
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Stipulating general principles of administrative law
validity of report, stan- dards for application of old and new laws, etc.
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Systematizing administrative laws and streamlining procedures
unifying and systematizing systems for legal fiction of authorization and permission and penalty surcharge, etc. contained in separate acts