In cases where the term of office of auditor expires or a vacancy in the membership occurs, if the approval of both Houses of the Diet cannot be obtained owing to the closing of the session or the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the Cabinet may, regardless of the provision of paragraph 1, appoint auditor without the approval of both Houses.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the approval of both Houses shall be required at the first session of the Diet to be convoked after the appointment. Without the approval of both Houses, the auditor shall naturally be dismissed.
第二項の規定は、前項の場合に、これを準用する。
The provision of paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph.
第八條中「前二條」を「第四條第四項後段及び前二條」に改める。
In Article 8, "the preceding two Articles" shall be amended as "the latter part of Article 4 paragraph 4 and the preceding two Articles" .
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Supplementary Provision:
この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.