No Japanese subject shall be deprived of his
right of being tried by the judges determined by law.

Article 25. Except in the cases provided for in the law, the
house of no Japanese subject shall be entered or searched without
his consent.

Article 26. Except in the cases mentioned in the law, the
secrecy of the letters of every Japanese subject shall remain
inviolate.

Article 27. The right of property of every Japanese subject
shall remain inviolate.

(2) Measures necessary to be taken for the public benefit
shall be any provided for by law.

Article 28. Japanese subjects shall, within limits not
prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic to their
duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief.

Article 29. Japanese subjects shall, within the limits of
law, enjoy the liberty of speech, writing, publication, public
meetings and associations.

Article 30. Japanese subjects may present petitions, by
observing the proper forms of respect, and by complying with the
rules specially provided for the same.

Article 31. The provisions contained in the present Chapter
shall not affect the exercises of the powers appertaining to the
Emperor, in times of war or in cases of a national emergency.

Article 32. Each and every one of the provisions contained
in the preceding Articles of the present Chapter, that are not in
conflict with the laws or the rules and discipline of the Army
and Navy, shall apply to the officers and men of the Army and of
the Navy.

CHAPTER III. THE IMPERIAL DIET

Article 33. The Imperial Diet shall consist of two Houses, a
House of Peers and a House of Representatives.

Article 34. The House of Peers shall, in accordance with the
ordinance concerning the House of Peers, be composed of the
members of the Imperial Family, of the orders of nobility, and of
those who have been nominated thereto by the Emperor.

Article 35. The House of Representatives shall be composed
of members elected by the people, according to the provisions of
the law of Election.

Article 36. No one can at one and the same time be a Member
of both Houses.

Article 37. Every law requires the consent of the Imperial
Diet.

Article 38. Both Houses shall vote upon projects of law
submitted to it by the Government, and may respectively initiate
projects of law.

Article 39. A Bill, which has been rej