2) Each House shall keep a record of proceedings. This
record shall be published and given general circulation,
excepting such parts of proceedings of secret session as may be
deemed to require secrecy.

(3) Upon demand of one-fifth or more of the members present,
votes of the members on any matter shall be recorded in the
minutes.

Article 58. Each house shall select its own president and
other officials.

(2) Each House shall establish its rules pertaining to
meetings, proceedings and internal discipline, and may punish
members for disorderly conduct. However, in order to expel a
member, a majority of two-thirds or more of those members present
must pass a resolution thereon.

Article 59. A bill becomes a law on passage by both Houses,
except as otherwise provided by the Constitution.

(2) A bill which is passed by the House of Representatives,
and upon which the House of Councillors makes a decision
different from that of the House of Representatives, becomes a
law when passed a second time by the House of Representatives by
a majority of two-thirds or more of the members present.

(3) The provision of the preceding paragraph does not
preclude the House of Representatives from calling for the
meeting of a joint committee of both Houses, provided for by law.

(4) Failure by the House of Councillors to take final action
within sixty (60) days after receipt of a bill passed by the
House of Representatives, time in recess excepted, may be
determined by the House of Representatives to constitute a
rejection of the said bill by the House of Councillors.

Article 60. The Budget must first be submitted to the House
of Representatives.

(2) Upon consideration of the budget, when the House of
Councillors makes a decision different from that of the House of
Representatives, and when no agreement can be reached even
through a joint committee of both Houses, provided for by law, or
in the case of failure by the House of Councillors to take final
action within thirty (30) days, the period of recess excluded,
after the receipt of the budget passed by the House of
Representatives, the decision of the House of Representatives
shall be the decision of the Diet.

Article 61. The second paragraph of the preceding article
applies also to the Diet approval required for the conclusion of
treaties.

Article 62. Each House may conduct investigations in
relation to gover