Article 55 of the Constitution of Japan

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constitutional provision

Article 55 of the Constitution of Japan is the provision that sets out how each House of the National Diet may judge disputes concerning the qualifications of its own members.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo	House of Councillors of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Representatives of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ National Diet of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
decisionRequirement	decision by a majority of members present ⓘ
effectiveDate	1947-05-03 ⓘ
governs	internal autonomy of each House regarding member qualifications ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	House of Councillors of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Representatives of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
institutionalContext	National Diet NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
legalEffect	authorizes each House to be the judge of disputes about its members’ qualifications ⓘ
legalSystem	Japanese constitutional law ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerType	power to judge disputes concerning qualifications of members ⓘ
procedure	each House judges disputes concerning the qualifications of its own members ⓘ
promulgatedWith	Constitution of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
promulgationDate	1946-11-03 ⓘ
quorumCondition	presence of at least one third of the total membership ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ Article 52 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ Article 56 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
replaced	provisions of the Meiji Constitution concerning Diet members’ qualifications ⓘ
scopeLimitation	limited to members of the House concerned ⓘ
subject	disputes concerning qualifications of Diet members ⓘ qualifications of members of the National Diet ⓘ

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Chapter IV of the Constitution of Japan → containsArticle → Article 55 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ