Article 72 of the Constitution of Japan

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Article 72 of the Constitution of Japan is the provision that defines the Prime Minister’s authority to represent and direct the Cabinet and oversee the administration of state affairs.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of Japan
constitutional provision
adoptedIn 1946
appliesTo exercise of executive power in Japan
appliesToInstitution Cabinet of Japan
appliesToOfficeHolder incumbent Prime Minister of Japan
branch executive branch of Japan
citationForm Constitution of Japan, Article 72
constitutionalFunction allocates executive responsibilities within the Japanese government
clarifies leadership structure of the Cabinet
constitutionalRole centralizes executive authority in the Prime Minister
establishes the Prime Minister as head of the Cabinet
constitutionalStatus binding and supreme law within Japan
country Japan
definesAuthorityOf Prime Minister of Japan
effectiveFrom 3 May 1947
enforcedBy courts of Japan
government of Japan
governs Prime Minister’s role in state administration
relationship between the Prime Minister and the Cabinet
grantsPower direction of the Cabinet
oversight of executive functions
representation of the Cabinet
supervision of the administration of state affairs
historicalContext post–World War II constitutional reform in Japan
interpretedBy Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan
Supreme Court of Japan
language Japanese
legalEffect defines the scope of the Prime Minister’s executive authority
provides constitutional basis for the Prime Minister’s leadership of the Cabinet
legalHierarchy subordinate to the text of the Constitution of Japan as a whole only in systemic interpretation
legalSystem Japanese constitutional law
levelOfNorm primary constitutional norm
partOf Constitution of Japan
relatedTo Article 65 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 66 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 73 of the Constitution of Japan
relatesToBody Cabinet of Japan
relatesToOffice Prime Minister of Japan
scope nationwide
subjectMatter administration of state affairs
authority of the Cabinet
powers of the Prime Minister of Japan
typeOfPower executive authority
usedIn constitutional practice of Japanese executive government

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Article 72 of the Constitution of Japan ("Constitution of Japan, Article 72")
citationForm
The Cabinet
constitutionalArticle

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