Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan

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Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan is the provision that establishes the National Diet as the highest organ of state power and the sole law-making authority in the country.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of Japan
constitutional provision
adoptedIn 1946
appliesTo House of Councillors of Japan
House of Representatives of Japan
basisFor interpretations of the supremacy of the Diet in legislation
branchOfGovernment legislative branch
chapter Chapter IV The Diet
characterizesDietAs highest organ of state power
sole law-making organ of the State
citedIn Japanese constitutional law scholarship
constitutionalPrinciple parliamentary sovereignty within the constitutional monarchy of Japan
contrastsWith executive power of the Cabinet of Japan
judicial power of the courts of Japan
country Japan
definesAs the Diet shall be the highest organ of state power
the Diet shall be the sole law-making organ of the State
effectiveFrom 3 May 1947
establishesStatusOf National Diet of Japan
governs allocation of legislative authority in Japan
grantsFunction lawmaking authority
supreme legislative power
hasNumber 41
jurisdiction Japan
language Japanese
legalEffect establishes Diet as central institution of the state
legalSystem Japanese constitutional law
partOf Constitution of Japan
prohibits exercise of law-making authority by organs other than the Diet, except as constitutionally delegated
relatedTo Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 59 of the Constitution of Japan
replaced corresponding provisions of the Meiji Constitution
source Constitution of Japan (1947)
subject National Diet of Japan

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