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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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