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Constitutional Imperialism in Japan
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In the case of a person that has acquired property by succeeding to an estate, the amount of taxes paid on the estate by his predecessor shall be regarded as taxes paid by him.

Article IX.—In the qualifications mentioned in the preceding article, those that depend on time shall not be affected by any alteration of the administrative jurisdiction of the places of abode of the persons concerned.

Article X.—A male Japanese subject who is not less than full thirty years of age shall be eligible for election.

Article XI.—The following persons shall not enjoy the franchise or be eligible for election:—

  1. Those who have been declared incompetent or quasi-incompetent.
  2. Those who have been declared bankrupt and have not yet fulfilled their obligations, or those who have been declared to be in process of liquidation or to be insolvent and who have not yet been definitely rehabilitated.
  3. Those who have been deprived of civic rights or whose civic rights are suspended.
  4. [Those who have been sentenced to simple confinement or to a graver punishment and whose cases are sub judice.][1]

Article XII.—The pater-familias of noble families shall not possess the franchise or he eligible for election. The same rule applies to men in the Army or in the Navy who are on active service or who have been summoned in time of war or of emergency; also to students of Government, communal and private educational institutions.

Article XIII.—Shinto priests and ministers, priests and teachers of religion of all kinds, teachers of elementary schools shall be ineligible. This rule applies to those who have not yet passed three months after they have resigned their respective offices.

Those who undertake Government work under contract or those who are officers of juridical persons undertaking Government work under contract shall be ineligible.[2]

Article XIV.—The officers and officials engaged in the management of an election shall not be eligible within the limits of the

  1. ↑ This clause was deleted in 1910.
  2. ↑ In 1908, this paragraph was amended by inserting the word “principally”; so that the latter part would read: “those who are officers of juridical persons undertaking principally Government work under contract shall be ineligible.”

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