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regulations within law.

Article 95. A special law, applicable to one local public
entity, cannot be enacted by the Diet without the consent of the
majority of the voters of the local public entity concerned,
obtained in accordance with law.

CHAPTER IX. AMENDMENTS

Article 96. Amendment to this Constitution shall be
initiated by the Diet, through a concurring vote of two-thirds or
more of all the members of each House and shall thereupon be
submitted to the people for ratification which shall require the
affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast thereon, at
special referendum or at such election as the Diet shall specify.

(2) Amendments when so ratified shall immediately be
promulgated by the Emperor in the name of the people, as an
integral part of this Constitution.

CHAPTER X. SUPREME LAW

Article 97. The fundamental human rights by this
Constitution guaranteed to the people of Japan are fruits of the
age-old struggle of man to be free; they have survived the many
exacting tests for durability and are conferred upon this and
future generations in trust, to be held for all time inviolate.

Article 98. This Constitution shall be the supreme law of
the nation and no law, ordinance, imperial rescript or other act
of government, or part thereof, contrary to the provisions
hereof, shall have legal force or validity.

(2) The treaties concluded by Japan and established laws of
nations shall be faithfully observed.

Article 99. The Emperor or the Regent as well as Ministers
of State, members of the Diet, judges, and all other public
officials have the obligation to respect and uphold this
Constitution.

CHAPTER XI. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Article 100. This Constitution shall be enforced as from the
day when the period of six months will have elapsed counting from
the day of its promulgation.

(2) The enactment of laws necessary for the enforcement of
this Constitution the election of members of the House of
Councillors and the procedure for the convocation of the Diet and
other preparatory procedures for the enforcement of this
Constitution may be executed before the day prescribed in the
preceding paragraph.

Article 101. If the House of Councilors is not constituted
before the effective date of this Constitution, the House of
Representatives shall function as the Diet until