Article 55 of the Constitution of Japan

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Article 55 of the Constitution of Japan is the provision that sets out how each House of the National Diet may judge disputes concerning the qualifications of its own members.

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Article 55 of the Constitution of Japan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo House of Councillors of Japan ⓘ
House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
National Diet of Japan ⓘ
linked to: National Diet
country Japan ⓘ
decisionRequirement decision by a majority of members present ⓘ
effectiveDate 1947-05-03 ⓘ
governs internal autonomy of each House regarding member qualifications ⓘ
grantsPowerTo House of Councillors of Japan ⓘ
House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
institutionalContext National Diet ⓘ
jurisdiction Japan ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
legalEffect authorizes each House to be the judge of disputes about its members’ qualifications ⓘ
legalSystem Japanese constitutional law ⓘ
partOf Constitution of Japan ⓘ
powerType power to judge disputes concerning qualifications of members ⓘ
procedure each House judges disputes concerning the qualifications of its own members ⓘ
promulgatedWith Constitution of Japan ⓘ
promulgationDate 1946-11-03 ⓘ
quorumCondition presence of at least one third of the total membership ⓘ
relatedTo Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Article 52 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Article 56 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
replaced provisions of the Meiji Constitution concerning Diet members’ qualifications ⓘ
scopeLimitation limited to members of the House concerned ⓘ
subject disputes concerning qualifications of Diet members ⓘ
qualifications of members of the National Diet ⓘ

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Chapter IV of the Constitution of Japan → containsArticle → Article 55 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ