Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan

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Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that defines the term of office and related rules for members of the House of Councillors in Japan’s national legislature.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of Japan
constitutional provision
appliesTo House of Representatives of Japan
National Diet of Japan
general elections for the House of Representatives
members of the House of Representatives
authority supreme law of Japan
belongsTo postwar Japanese Constitution
bindingOn House of Representatives of the National Diet
Japanese state organs
chapterTitle The Diet
citationForm Constitution of Japan, Article 45
containedIn Chapter IV of the Constitution of Japan
country Japan
dateEffective 1947-05-03
defines length of term for members of the House of Representatives
enactedIn 1946
field constitutional law
public law
governs term of office of members of the House of Representatives
hasNumber 45
hasType substantive constitutional rule
interpretedBy Japanese courts
Supreme Court of Japan
jurisdiction Japan
language Japanese
legalForm written constitution article
legalHierarchy constitutional norm
legalStatus in force
legalSystem Japanese constitutional law
originalLanguage Japanese
partOf Constitution of Japan
promulgatedBy Emperor of Japan
Government of Japan
regulates composition rules of the House of Representatives
duration of mandate of House of Representatives members
relatedConcept dissolution of the House of Representatives
parliamentary term
relatedTo Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 47 of the Constitution of Japan
House of Representatives election system
replaced corresponding provisions of the Meiji Constitution on the House of Representatives term
scope national legislature
subjectMatter term of office of members of the House of Representatives
title Article 45

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