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less than two voting districts, or may establish one voting district for several towns or villages. When the provisions of the present Law are not applicable to the voting mentioned in the preceding clause, special provisions may be enacted by Imperial Ordinance.

Article III.—A Union of several Towns or several Villages, or of Towns and Villages administering in common the affairs of such Towns and Villages, shall be regarded as one Town or Village, and the administrators of the Union shall be regarded as the Heads of the Town or Village.

Article IV.—The Mayor of a City or the Head of a Town or Village shall take charge of the voting in the capacity of Voting Overseer.

Article V.—The Counting Districts shall be in conformity with the limits of a Gun (Rural District) or City. The Head of the Gun or the Mayor shall take charge of counting affairs in the capacity of Counting Overseer.

Article VI.—The Governor of a Local Administration Office shall supervise the election affairs in the capacity of Chairman of Election.

Article VII.—Even when an alteration takes place in an election district in consequence of one in the administration arrangement, the member or members actually sitting for such district shall retain their seats.

Chapter II.—Rights of Electors and of Eligible Persons

Article VIII.—Any person possessing the following qualifications shall enjoy the franchise.

  1. He must be a male Japanese subject and be not less than full twenty-five years of age.
  2. He must have had his permanent residence in the election district for not less than one year previous to the date of the drawing-up of the electoral list.
  3. He must have been paying in the electoral district, land tax to the amount of not less than ten yen for not less than one year, and previous to the date of the making out of the electoral list, or other direct national taxes exclusive of land tax of not less than ten yen in the aggregate, or land tax and other direct national taxes combined of not less than ten yen, for not less than two years; and must be still paying the same.

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