I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendment to the Law for Impeachment of Judges.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-second day of the fifth month of the twenty-fifth year of Showa (May 22, 1950)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for Partial Amendment to the Law for Impeachment of Judges
The Law for the Impeachment of Judges (Law No.137 of 1947) shall be partially amended as follows:
In the title of Article 3, "the Court of Impeachment and the Impeachment Committee" shall be amended as "the Court of Impeachment of Judges and the Impeachment Committee of Judges."
In Article 3, "The Court of Impeachment" shall be amended as "The Court of Impeachment of Judges (hereinafter referred to as the Court of Impeachment)" and "the Impeachment Committe" shall be amended as "the Impeachment Committee of Judges (hereinafter referred to as the Impeachment Committee)."
In the title of Article 5, "members of the Impeachment Committee" shall be amended as "members of the Impeachment Committee of Judges."
In Article 5 paragraph 1, "members of the Impeachment Committee" shall be amended as "members of the Impeachment Committee of Judges (hereinafter referred to as members of the Impeachment Committee)," and paragraph 5 of the same Article shall be amended as follows:
The members and reserve members of the Impeachment Committee shall, in case they want to resign, obtain the permission of the House of Representatives through the Chairman. However, they may resign with the permission of the President of the House of Representatives when the Diet is out of session.
The following one paragraph shall be added after Article 5 paragraph 8:
In addition to the remuneration mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the Chairman shall receive the money covering miscellaneous expenses incurred by duty to be fixed by the President of the House of Representatives, in cases where he performs his duties when the Diet is in session.
The following one paragraph shall be added after Article 7 paragraph 6:
The Chairman may, as the case requires, set up a branch and allot the business.
The following one paragraph shall be added after Article 11-(2) paragraph 2:
The members of the Impeachment Committee shall receive travelling expenses to be fixed by the President of the House of Representatives, when they have been dispatched in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.
Article 16 paragraph 6 shall be amended as follows:
The judges and reserve judges shall, in case they want to resign, obtain the permission of the House to which they belong through the Chief Judge. However, they may resign with the permission of the President of the House to which they belong when the Diet is out of session.
The following one paragraph shall be added after Article 16 paragraph 9:
In addition to the remuneration mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the Chief Judge shall receive the money covering miscellaneous expenses incurred by duty to be fixed by agreement of the Presidents of both Houses, in cases where he performs his duties when the Diet is in session.
In Article 18 paragragh 2, "two secretaries and two clerks" shall be amended as "three secretaries and three clerks" , and the following one paragraph shall be added after paragraph 7 of the same Article:
The Chief Judge may, as the case requires, set up a branch and allot the business.
The following one paragraph shall be added after Article 29-(2) paragraph 2:
The judges shall receive travelling expenses to be fixed by agreement of the Presidents of both Houses, when they have been dispatched in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.
In Article 30, "the Chief Secretary or the other" shall be deleted.
In Article 44 paragraph 1, "\3,000" shall be amended as "\10,000" and in paragraph 2 of the same Article, "Any person...... shall be liable to a fine not exceeding \1,000." shall be amended as "Any person...... shall be treated in the same manner as mentioned in the preceding paragraph."
Supplementary Provision:
1 This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. However, the revised provisions of Article 5 paragraph 9 and Article 16 paragraph 10 shall apply as from Article 1, 1950.