Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan

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constitutional provision

Article 46 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.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision →
appliesTo	House of Councillors → members of the House of Councillors →
appliesToBody	House of Councillors → surface form: "upper house of the National Diet"
belongsToLegalField	constitutional law → parliamentary law →
bindingOn	House of Councillors → electoral authorities for House of Councillors elections →
cameIntoForceWith	Constitution of Japan →
concerns	House of Councillors elections → National Diet → surface form: "National Diet of Japan"
country	Japan →
dateEffective	1947-05-03 →
defines	term of office of members of the House of Councillors →
followedBy	Article 47 of the Constitution of Japan →
follows	Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan →
governs	duration of councillors’ mandates → length of service of councillors before re-election → staggering of terms in the House of Councillors →
hasAuthorityOver	statutes regulating House of Councillors terms →
hasCitationForm	Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan → surface form: "日本国憲法第46条"
hasLegalEffectOn	composition of the House of Councillors → continuity of the House of Councillors →
hasSourceType	written law →
hierarchicalLevel	constitutional norm →
isCitedAs	Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan → surface form: "Article 46, Constitution of Japan"
isCitedIn	academic works on Japanese politics → legal commentaries on the Constitution of Japan →
isNumbered	46 →
jurisdiction	Japan →
language	Japanese →
legalStatus	in force →
legalSystem	Japanese constitutional law →
locatedInDocument	Chapter IV The Diet →
partOf	Constitution of Japan →
precededBy	Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan →
regulates	election cycle of the House of Councillors → term of office of members of the House of Councillors →
relatedTo	Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan → Article 44 of the Constitution of Japan → Article 47 of the Constitution of Japan →
replaced	corresponding provisions of the Meiji Constitution regarding the House of Peers →
subjectMatter	national legislature → parliamentary term lengths → upper house of the National Diet →
typeOfLaw	supreme law provision →
usedIn	constitutional litigation concerning Diet members’ terms → interpretation of Japanese parliamentary law →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan → hasCitationForm → Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan →

this entity surface form: "日本国憲法第46条"

Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan → isCitedAs → Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan →

this entity surface form: "Article 46, Constitution of Japan"

House of Councillors → legalBasis → Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan →

Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan → relatedTo → Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan →