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and with serving articles in and out, shall be determined by Imperial Ordinance.
Article XXIX.—The capacity to order payment and that of dealing with the receipt and disbursement of money, shall not be combined in one person at the same time.
Chapter X.—Miscellaneous Rules
Article XXX.—In case when it is difficult to follow the provisions of the present Law on account of special requirements, a special mode of treatment may be allowed.
The establishment of a special mode of treatment shall be effected by law.
Article XXXI.—The Government may entrust the Nippon Ginko [Bank of Japan] with the management of the Treasury funds.
Chapter XI.—Supplementary Rules
Article XXXII.—The provisions of the present Law not relating to the Imperial Diet shall come in force from the 1st day of the 4th month of the 23rd year of Meiji [April 1, 1890]; and those relating to the Imperial Diet shall come in force from the time of its opening.
The provisions of the present Law relating to the final accounts shall have application from the accounts of the financial year for which the vote of the Imperial Diet shall have been obtained.
Article XXXIII.—Laws and ordinances which are incompatible with any provision of the present Law, shall be repealed from the day of the coming in force of such provision.
V. The New Law of Election[1]
Chapter I.—The Election Districts
Article I.—The Members of the House of Representatives shall be elected in each of the Flection Districts. The Election Districts, and the number of Members to be elected in each district, are set forth in the Appendix of the present Law.
Article II.—The Voting Districts shall be determined according to the limits of Shi (Cities), Cho (Towns), and Son (Villages). In accordance with the provisions of the Imperial Ordinance, a city, town or village possessing peculiar circumstances may establish not
- ↑ From the Japan Weekly Times of Aug. 16 and 23, 1902, with corrections.
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