Article XIII.—When in the future any amendment or addition is to be made in the provisions of the present Imperial Ordinance, the matter shall be submitted to the vote of the House of Peers.
Law of the Houses.
We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, hereby give Our Sanction to the present Law of the Houses and order it to be promulgated and at the same time direct that, from the day of the institution of the House of Peers and of the House of Representatives, all affairs, connected with either the one or the other of them, be conducted in accordance with the present Law.
[His Imperial Majesty's Sign-Manual.]
The 11th day of the 2nd month of the 22nd year of Meiji.
(Countersigned)
Count Kuroda Kiyotaka,
Minister President of State.
Count Ito Hirobumi,
President of the Privy Council.
Count Okuma Shigenobu,
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Count Saigo Tsugumichi,
Minister of State for the Navy.
Count Inouye Kaoru,
Minister of State for Agriculture and
Commerce.
Count Yamada Akiyoshi,
Minister of State for Justice.
Count Matsugata Masayoshi,
Minister of State for Finance, and
Minister of State for Home Affairs.
Count Oyama Iwao,
Minister of State for War.
Viscount Mori Arinori,
Minister of State for Education.
Viscount Enomoto Takeaki,
Minister of State for Communications.
CHAPTER I.—CONVOCATION, ORGANIZATION, AND OPENING OF THE IMPERIAL DIET.
Article I.—An Imperial Proclamation for the convocation of the Imperial Diet, fixing the date of its assembling, shall be issued at least forty days beforehand.
Article II.—The Members shall assemble in the Hall of their respective Houses, upon the day specified in the Imperial Proclamation of convocation.
