Benkankyoku had two benkans according to its duties: benkan of the right (called ubenkan) and benkan of the left (called sabenkan), but kansenji were issued irrespective of these duties, that is, kansenji on happy events (ordinary administrative events) were issued by sabenkan, whereas kansenji on unhappy events (additional arrests) are issued by ubenkan, and since edicts issued by the former (called 'sabenkan gebun') are predominantly numerous, some claim that only this type of documents are kansenji.
また、弁官局は職掌によって左右に分かれているが、官宣旨はその職掌とは無関係に吉事（一般の行政・事件）は左弁官が、凶事（犯罪者の追捕）は右弁官が発給することとなっており、しかも前者が発給する（「左弁官下文」）が圧倒的に多いため、前者のみを官宣旨と称する場合もある。