Article 69 of the Constitution of Japan

E75151

constitutional provision

Article 69 of the Constitution of Japan is the provision that regulates how the House of Representatives can pass a no-confidence resolution against the Cabinet and the resulting obligation of the Cabinet to resign en masse or dissolve the House.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ
affects	continuation of the Cabinet ⓘ term of office of the House of Representatives ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure Cabinet accountability to the House of Representatives ⓘ
appliesTo	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
bindingOn	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ other Ministers of State of Japan ⓘ
cameIntoForceWith	Constitution of Japan ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Japan of 1947
chapter	Chapter III: The Diet ⓘ
condition	House of Representatives passes a non-confidence resolution against the Cabinet ⓘ House of Representatives passes a resolution of no-confidence ⓘ House of Representatives rejects a confidence resolution ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple	responsible government ⓘ
constitutionalRank	supreme law within the Japanese legal system ⓘ
constitutionalSystem	parliamentary cabinet system of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
dateEffective	3 May 1947 ⓘ
enforcedBy	constitutional practice in Japan ⓘ
enshrinedIn	Constitution of Japan ⓘ surface form: postwar Constitution of Japan
establishes	mechanism of political responsibility of the Cabinet to the Diet ⓘ
governs	procedure following a no-confidence vote in the House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
legalEffect	obligation of the Cabinet to resign en masse or dissolve the House of Representatives ⓘ
legalNature	binding rule of constitutional law ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
providesOption	Cabinet resignation en masse ⓘ dissolution of the House of Representatives ⓘ
regulates	Cabinet resignation en masse ⓘ dissolution of the House of Representatives ⓘ no-confidence resolution against the Cabinet ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 66 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ Article 67 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ Article 70 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
requires	formal resolution of the House of Representatives ⓘ
requiresActionBy	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
requiresChoiceBetween	Cabinet resignation en masse ⓘ dissolution of the House of Representatives ⓘ
subjectMatter	parliamentary confidence in the Cabinet ⓘ relationship between the Cabinet and the House of Representatives ⓘ
timeLimit	within ten days after the no-confidence resolution is passed or confidence resolution is rejected ⓘ
timeLimitSpecification	excluding the period of recess ⓘ
typeOfControl	parliamentary control over the executive ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

The Cabinet → constitutionalArticle → Article 69 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ

House of Representatives of Japan → hasConstitutionalArticle → Article 69 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ

Article 70 of the Constitution of Japan → relatedTo → Article 69 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ