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Constitutional Imperialism in Japan
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The witnesses can not decline their nomination without proper reasons.

Article XXXIII.—The voting place shall be opened at 7 o’clock a.m. and be closed at 6 o’clock p.m.

Article XXXIV.—On the day of election, electors shall come in person to the voting place and vote, after identifying themselves as the persons whose names are in the electoral list and after affixing their seals to it.

In case a voting overseer cannot identify a person who is about to vote, he shall require him to declare on oath his proper identity. When this declaration is not made, such person shall not be allowed to vote.

Article XXXV.—The ballots shall be given to each elector at the voting place on the day of voting.

Article XXXVI.—Every elector shall, at the voting place, himself inscribe upon the ballot the name of the person he wishes to vote for, and shall put the paper into the ballot-box.

An elector must not write his name on the ballot.

Article XXXVII.—No person, other than those entered in the electoral list, shall be capable of voting. Should, however, any one come to the voting place on the day of election, bringing with him a writ of decision entitling him to have his name entered on the electoral list, the voting overseer shall allow him to vote.

Article XXXVIII.—Whenever a person entered in the electoral list does not possess the right of election, such person cannot vote.

The foregoing clause applies to those persons who cannot themselves write the names of the persons they wish to vote for.

Article XXXIX.—The voting overseer shall, on consulting the voting witnesses, decide whether or not to allow the voting.

In case an elector of a Cho or Son on whom the decision mentioned in the foregoing clause has been made is dissatisfied with it, the voting overseer shall provisionally allow him to vote.

For a vote mentioned in the foregoing clause the elector shall be made to put it in an envelope and to seal it and to place it in the ballot-box after superscribing his own name on the envelope.

For an elector of a Cho or Son objected to by any of the persons mentioned in clause 1 of this article, the provisions of clause 2 of this article shall apply.

Article XL.—When the time for closing the polls arrives, the

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