Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan

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article of the Constitution of Japan constitutional provision

Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan is the provision that governs the convening of the National Diet, including requirements for calling extraordinary sessions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Article 53 of the Constitution of the State of Japan	0
Constitution of Japan, Article 53	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ National Diet ⓘ surface form: National Diet of Japan members of the House of Councillors ⓘ members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
belongsToLegalField	constitutional law ⓘ parliamentary law ⓘ
bindingOn	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ National Diet ⓘ surface form: National Diet of Japan
chapterTitle	The Diet ⓘ
citationStyle	Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Japan, Article 53
concerns	relationship between Cabinet and National Diet ⓘ separation of powers in Japan ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	supreme law provision ⓘ
containedIn	Chapter IV of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
enforcedOn	1947-05-03 ⓘ
governs	procedure for calling extraordinary sessions ⓘ timing of Diet sessions ⓘ
hasLegalEffectSince	1947 ⓘ
hasNumber	53 ⓘ
hasOriginalTextLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
isCitedAs	Nihon-koku Kenpō ⓘ surface form: Kenpō Article 53
isInterpretedBy	Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan ⓘ Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
legalForm	written constitutional article ⓘ
legalHierarchy	higher than ordinary statutes of Japan ⓘ
legalSystem	Japanese constitutional law ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
providesFor	annual ordinary session of the National Diet ⓘ convocation of extraordinary session upon request ⓘ extraordinary sessions of the National Diet ⓘ surface form: extraordinary session of the National Diet
regulates	convening of the National Diet ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ Article 52 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ Article 54 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
requires	Cabinet to determine convocation of the Diet ⓘ
setsCondition	request by a fraction of members of either House for extraordinary session ⓘ
sourceOfLawType	primary legislation ⓘ
subjectMatter	convocation of the Diet ⓘ extraordinary sessions of the National Diet ⓘ ordinary sessions of the National Diet ⓘ request for convocation by Diet members ⓘ

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Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan → citationStyle → Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Japan, Article 53

House of Councillors → legalBasis → Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ