A public procurator shall be examined by the Committee for the Examination of Qualifications of Public Procurators in connection with his qualifications in the following cases:

The Committee shall examine whether a procurator is not suitable to discharge his duties because of mental or physical disability, inefficiency or other such reason, and shall inform the Attorney-General of its decision. In case the Attorney-General has been informed by the Committee of its decision to the effect that a procurator is not suitable to discharge his duties, he shall recommend the dismissal of the procurator in question, when he deems such decision is proper.

The Committee for the Examination of Qualifications of Public Procurators shall be under the supervision of the Prime Minister and shall consist of eleven members selected from among members of the Diet, public procurators, officials of the Attorney-General's Office, judges, lawyers and members of the Japan Academy (Nihon Gakushiin);provided that the Diet members to be the members of the Committee shall be four members of the House of Representatives and two members of the House of Councillors respectively and they shall be elected from among the members of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors.

Matters pertaining to the Committee other than those mentioned in the preceding four paragraphs shall be fixed by Cabinet Order.