Article 56 of the Constitution of Japan

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Article 56 of the Constitution of Japan is the provision that sets the quorum and voting requirements for decisions in the National Diet, including the House of Councillors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of Japan
constitutional provision
appliesTo House of Councillors
surface form: House of Councillors of Japan

House of Representatives of Japan
National Diet
surface form: National Diet of Japan

ordinary decisions of each House
plenary sessions of each House
bindingOn members of the House of Councillors
House of Representatives
surface form: members of the House of Representatives
chapter Chapter IV The Diet
constitutionalRank supreme law within its scope in Japan
country Japan
defaultVotingRule public vote
effectiveSince 3 May 1947
enforcedBy National Diet
surface form: National Diet of Japan
exceptionVotingRule secret vote may be demanded by one-tenth or more of the members present
governsBody legislative procedure in the National Diet
hasNumber 56
jurisdiction Japan
languageOfDocument Japanese
legalSubject majority requirement
presiding officer’s vote
public voting
quorum
secret voting
voting
legalSystem Japanese constitutional law
partOf Constitution of Japan
presidingOfficerVoteException presiding officer may cast a deciding vote in case of a tie
presidingOfficerVoteRule presiding officer shall not vote
quorumRequirement one-third or more of the total membership of each House
regulates decision-making procedures in the National Diet
quorum of the National Diet
voting requirements in the National Diet
relatedTo Article 59 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 60 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 61 of the Constitution of Japan
setsDecisionThreshold simple majority of members present
setsMinimumAttendance one-third of total members must be present for decisions
subjectMatter legislative decision-making
parliamentary procedure
typeOfMajority simple majority
votingRequirement majority of those present

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House of Councillors legalBasis Article 56 of the Constitution of Japan