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Outline of the chain of events from the drafting of a legislative bill to be introduced
by the Cabinet, to its approval and promulgation.
On the basis of this first draft, consultations take place with other ministries
concerned. In addition, where necessary, procedures are followed for its referral to
advisory councils or to public hearings. Once all of the above has been completed and
the legislative bill is considered ready, the ministry in charge puts the draft into a
proper statutory form. The final draft of the legislative bill has now been prepared.
All legislative bills that are to be introduced by the Cabinet are examined by the
Cabinet Legislation Bureau before being brought before Cabinet meetings. In
principle the examination of a bill by the Bureau should begin only after the request
addressed to the Prime Minister for a Cabinet meeting relating to the bill is sent by the
ministry in charge. In recent practice, however, a way has developed whereby the
Bureau conducts a "preliminary examination" of the bill for which the necessary
consultation has been completed. The request for a Cabinet meeting therefore is sent
on the basis of the bill for which the Bureau's preliminary examination is completed.
During the examination by the Bureau, the bill is examined from all angles, legally
and technically. The points examined include the following. :
The relationship between the proposed bill on one hand and the Constitution
and other existing laws on the other, as well as the legal appropriateness of the
contents of the bill;
Whether or not the intentions of the proposed bill are accurately expressed in
the text;
Whether or not the structure of the bill (e.g. the order of articles.) is
appropriate;
Whether the usage of letters or words is correct.
Once the preliminary examination is completed, the state minister in charge of the
legislative bill follows the procedure for sending to the Prime Minister the request for
a Cabinet meeting regarding the submission of the bill to the Diet. The Cabinet
Secretariat, which receives the request, sends it on to the Cabinet Legislation Bureau,
which then conducts a final examination, considering the results of the preliminary
examination already conducted, makes any revisions as necessary, and returns the
result back to the Cabinet Secretary.
As to the legislative bill for which a Cabinet meeting has been requested, if the
Cabinet decides in favor without objection, the Prime Minister submits the bill to the
Diet (either to the House of Representatives or to the House of Councilors).
The administrative work related to the submission to the Diet of a bill intoroduced by
the Cabinet is conducted by the Cabinet Secretariat.
When the legislative bill passes both the committee and the plenary of the House to
which it was first submitted, it is sent on to the other House (i.e. it is sent from the
House of Representatives to the House of Councilors or vice versa). The same
procedure involving deliberation and decisions both by a committee and a plenary is
then followed by the second House.
Enactment of a new law
Except otherwise provided by the Constitution, a legislative bill becomes a law when
it passes both the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors. The leader
of the House that examined the bill second (the Speaker in the case of the House of
Representatives, the President in the case of the House of Councilors) then submits
the new law to the Emperor via the Cabinet (the Emperor's approval is a formality).
The newly enacted law must be promulgated within 30 days from the date on which
the leader of the House that examined the bill second submits it to the Emperor via the
Cabinet. As to the promulgation, it is done after a Cabinet decision to do so, and by
publication in an official gazette . (An outline of the law is also published in the
gazette to serve the general public's understanding of the law. )
Promulgation is to ensure that a newly enacted law becomes widely known by the
public. In other words, it is an act whereby the people is enabled to know the law. A
law must be promulgated before it actually takes effect.
A law is said to "come into effect" or "come into force" when it generally and actually
takes effect and starts to apply. Laws usually stipulate in their attached clauses when
they come into effect.
When a law is promulgated, it is given a serial number and signed by both the state
minister responsible for the law and the Prime Minister.