Law for Partial Amendments to the Diet Law
法令番号: 法律第87号
公布年月日: 昭和23年7月5日
法令の形式: 法律

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I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments of the Diet Law.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This fifth day of the seventh month of the twenty-third year of Showa (July 5, 1948)
Prime Minister　ASHIDA Hitoshi
Law No.87
Law for Partial Amendments to the Diet Law
Part of the Diet Law shall partially be amended as follows:
Paragraph 2, Article 15 shall read as follows:
Either House acting alone may recess for a period not exceeding ten (10) days.
Paragraph 2, Article 27 shall read as follows:
Secretaries and other personnel shall be appointed or dismissed by the Secretary-General with the consent of the President and the approval of the Standing Committee for House Management.
Article 30-2.　In case each House finds it specifically necessary, the House may relieve a chairman of a Standing Committee from his post by a decision of the House.
Article 34-2.　For asking the consent of the House concerned for the arrost of a member of either House, the Cabinet shall ask the consent of the House along with a copy of the written request which has been presented by the court or the judge to the Cabinet prior to their issuance of the warrant of arrest.
Article 39.　No member shall be concurrently appointed to officials of the Government or of a local public entity during the term of his office, except to the Prime Minister, other State Ministers, the Secretary-General of the Cabinet, Vice-Ministers of each Ministry, or offices otherwise positively stipulated by law:provided, however, that members may be appointed to any committee-members, advisors (Komon), councillors (san-yo) or any other corresponding posts in each executive branch of the Cabinet during their term of office with the approval of the Diet.
Paragraph 2, Article 41 shall read as follows:
Every member shall serve at least one Standing Committee, however, he shall not serve more than two Standing Committees concurrently. In case be serves two Standing Committees, one of the two shall be limited to the Standing Committees for Budget, Audit, House Management, Disciplinary Measures or Library Management.
Article 42.　Standing Committees of each House shall be as follows, and they shall examine the bills (including resolutions), petitions;representations and others which come under their respective sphere of work:
(1)　Standing Committee for Administrative Research and Civil Service.
(2)　Standing Committee for Local Administration.
(3)　Standing Committee for Economic Stabilization.
(4)　Standing Committee for the Attorney-General's Office.
(5)　Standing Committee for Foreign Affairs.
(6)　Standing Committee for Finance.
(7)　Standing Committee for Education.
(8)　Standing Committee for Welfare.
(9)　Standing Committee for Commerce and Industry.
(10)　Standing Committee for Agriculture and Forestry.
(11)　Standing Committee for Fishery.
(12)　Standing Committee for Transportation.
(13)　Standing Committee for Communications.
(14)　Standing Committee for Labor.
(15)　Standing Committee for Construction.
(16)　Standing Committee for Budget.
(17)　Standing Committee for Audit.
(18)　Standing Committee for House Management.
(19)　Standing Committee for Disciplinary Measures.
(20)　Standing Committee for Library Management.
Either House may establish Standing Committees other than those listed in the preceding paragraph or combine the Standing Committees abovementioned, in case a national administrative organ is newly established or abolished, or upon recommendation of the Legislative Committee of the Houses or in case it is deemed especially necessary by the House. In this case, each House shall have the same Committees.
Article 43.　Each Standing Committee shall have at least two specialists (cited an Qualified Specialists)(Semmon in) who are not Diet membrs, Research Secretaries (Chosain) and Research Clerks (Chosashuji), as permanent staff of the Committee, unless the House deems them unnecessary to be appointed.
Qualified Specialists shall receive adquate compensation and shall not hold any concurrent post.
Qualified Specialists shall not take any post in the administrative branches of the Government for one (1) year following their resignation from their posts.
The following paragraph shall be added as paragraph 2, Article 46:
After the appointment of members of Committee in compliance with the preceding paragraph, the President may change members notwithstanding the provision of Paragraph 1, Article 41 with the approval of the Standing Committee for House Management, when it becomes necessary to change the allocation of the members for the parties or groups, as the result of the change of numerical strength of the parties or groups in each House.
The following paragragraph shall be added as Paragraph 2, Article 55:
In case the President deems it urgent, he may hold a plenary session after notifying merely the date and time of such session to the members of the House.
Article 55-(2).　The President may consult only with a sub-committee selected by the Standing Committee for House Management concerning the order of proceedings and other matters which he deems necessary, however he shall not be bound by their opinions in case they have failed to agree.
Article 56-(2).　Concerning a bill which is proposed in or introduced to the House, each House may hear an explanation on the purport of the bill in plenary session, in case it is deemed specially necessary by the Standing Committee for House Management.
Article 56-(3).　Each House may request a committee to make an intermediate report on a matter pending in the committee, in case the House deems it specifically necessary.
In case the House deems it of urgent necessity, the House may put a time limit for the deliberation by the committee on the case on which such an intermediate report as provided by the preceding paragraph has been made, or may deliberate on the case in a plenary session of the House.
In case a time limit has been put to the deliberation by a Committee and such deliberation is not completed within such time limit, the deliberation shall be made in a plenary session. However, the House may extent the term of deliberation upon the request of the Committee.
Article 58.　A bill presented by the Cabinet to one House shall be sent to the other House for its preliminary examination within five (5) day from the date of its presentation to one House.
Paragraph 1, Article 61 shall read as follows:
The President of each House may limit time for interpellation, debates, or other utterances, unless the previous decisions, has been made otherwise by the House.
In case one fifth or more of the members present have raised an objection against the time limit put by the Presidnt, the President shall consult with the House.
Article 68.　Any matter which has not been decided within a Diet session shall not be carried over to the following Diet session, excepting the case prescribed in Paragraph 2, Article 47.
Article 72.　A Committee may request the presence and explanation of the President of the Audit Board and auditors through the President of the House.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or his deputy designated by the Chief Justice, may, upon his request, attend the Committee and make explanation, with the consent of the Committee.
Paragraph 1, Article 78 shall read as follows:
Each House must meet in plenary session at least once for every three (3) weeks for the purpose of giving its members chance for free discussion in relation to government.
Article 99.　The Legislative Committee of the House shall administer the matters as prescribed by the following items:
1.　To indicate a matter which is to be a problem in relation to government, and to recommend thereupon to the Houses;
2.　To recommend to the Houses concerning proposal of new legislation, or concerning existing Laws and Cabinet Orders;
3.　To recommend to the Houses on the revision of the Laws and other regulations on the Diet, upon investigation and study therewith.
The Legislative Committee of the Houses shall submit a report concerning the matters listed in the preceding paragraph to the Speaker and President of the Houses before the end of each session.
Paragraph 1, Article 100, shall read as follows:
The Legislative Committee of the Houses shall consist of ten (10) members from the House of Representatives and eight (8) members from the House of Councillors as elected by the Houses respectively. A meeting of the Legislative Committee shall be presided over alternately by Chairmen elected respectively by the members of the Committee from each House. The Chairman of the Committee for the initial meeting shall be decided by lottery.
Article 103.　Each House may dispatch its members for the purpose of examination of bill and other matters or investigation in relation to government, or in any other case when the House deems necessary.
Article 105.　Deleted.
Chapter XVII "DIET LIBRARY AND MEMBERS'CLUB" shall read as "NATIONAL DIET LIBRARY, LEGISLATIVE BUREAU AND MEMBERS'CLUB" .
Article 130.　The National Diet Library shall be established in the Diet as provided for by a law to help members with investigation and research.
Article 131.　The Legislative Bureaus shall be instituted in each House, for the purpose of expediting the Diet members in their legislation.
Each Legislative Bureau shall have one (1) Director of the Bureau, Secretaries and other necessary personnel.
The Director of the Legislative Bureru shall be appointed or dismissed by the President of the House with the approval of the House. However, the President may permit the resignation of the Director of the Bureau during the period of adjournment of the Diet.
The Director of the Legislative Bureau shall administer the business of the Legislative Bureau under the supervision of the President.
The secretaries and other personnel of the Legislative Bureau shall be appointed or dismissed by the Director with the consent of the President and the approval of the Standing Committee for House Management.
The secretaries of the Legislative Bureau shall administer the business under the direction of the Director.
Any regulation necessary for administering the business of the Legislative Bureau shall be approved by the Standing Committee for House Management.
Article 132.　In order to facilitate the performance of duties of the members, the Member's Club shall be established to provide them with office rooms and one (1) secretary for each member.
Supplementary Provisions:
This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation:provided, however, that the revised provisions of Paragraph 2, Article 41 and Article 42 shall come into force as from the day of the convocation of the Third Session of the Diet.
A part of the Law concerning the Temporary Appointment of Parliamentary Vice-Ministers (Law No.26 of 1948) shall read as follows:
Article 3.　Deleted.
Article 8.　The provisions of Article 1 and Article 2 of this Law shall become invalid as from the date of the enforcement of the National Government Organization Law.
"Vice-Minister of each Ministry" in the amended provision of Article 39 shall read "Parliamentary ViceMinisters" until the day of enforcement of the National Organization Law.
Prime Minister　ASHIDA Hitoshi