Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10

providing Qualifications OF candidates tor
posts of certain rank.
Japanese officials are divided into four
grades-shinnin, ehokunin, sonin and ham
min. officers of the first grade include cabi-
| net minister's privy councillors etc The
other grades include officers of the rank of
vice minister down. They are subdivided
| into classes: Chokunin, two; sonin, five,
and hanlin. eleven. Besides these grades
| are nine ranks, which include all other Off
Gals and many private persons. The sys-
! tenn is complicated, and there are exact
English equivalents for the titles giver.
Rules for Promotion.
The new rules follow:
Article |. Civil officials of the chokunin
rank shall be appointed from among those
who possess any of the aforementioned
qualifications. These provisions however,
snail not apply to posts requiring personal
| appointment by the emperor and to others
| coming under special provisions.
| a. Those who actually holding, or
| nave once held, posts of the sonin rank of
| the third grade, excepting those VINO have
| been appointed in virtue of special pro-
visions, technical experts and school in
| Structors.
| CD Those who have held for no; less than
| one year civil posts of the chokunin rank.
| otherwise than in virtue Of special pro-
| visions or as instructors experts.
| CD Those who have held civil posts of
| the chokunin rank, otherwise than in viz
| tue of special provisions as instructors
| and technical experts, and who possess the
| qualifications specified in clause j. article
| il (namely, the certificate of the higher
| civil service examination.
| "a Those who are actually holding or
| nave held for not less than two years posts
! OF public prosecutors of the chokUnin rank
| Those who are actually holding or have
| held for not less than two years posts of
/ judges of the chokunin rank may be APP
| pointed chokunin civil officials of the de-
| partment of justice.
| Those who are actually holding or have
| held. for not less than two years. posts of
| The chokunn rank of the imperial uniVcr-
sites or at any of the educational institu-
| tons under the direct control of the depart
| ment of education may be appointed chok-
| unln civil officials of that department.
Excepting in cases for which special pro-
visions exist military officers of or above
| the rank of major general and the naval
ofhcerS OF Or above the rank of rear admiral
| may be appointed to the civil posts of the
chokuntn rank in the departments of war
| and of the navy. respectively.
Article II. Excepting in cases for which
special provisions exist, civil officials of
| the sonin rank shall be appointed from
| among those who possess any of the fol-
| lowing qualifications:
| % Those who have successfully passed
| the higher civil service examinations ard
| possess certificates thereof
| 90 Those who have held posts of higher
civil service for not less than two years,
otherwise in virtue of special PROVISIONS or
| as instructors or experts.
| 90 Those who are actually holding or
4 have held for not less than two years pests
| of public prosecutors.
| Those who are actually holding or have
| netd Tor not less than two years posts Of
judges may be appointed civil officials of
| the sonin rank in the department of JUS
| tice
| The japan Times adds: THE only points
| OF difference between the above mentioned
| PROVISIONS concerning SOnin civil officials
| ana the corresponding articles in the exist
| ihS regulations consist in the time uuaiifi-
eaton. put at three years in the latter both
| ior clauses and ), and the extension to
Judges OF eligibility to civil posts of the
SoniH rank in the department of Justice The
| provisions regarding the appointment of
! civil officials of the hannin rank in the new
ana cid regulations do not differ in any es-
| sential respect. the principal items of anal
| ihcation in their case being graduation from
| the ordinary middle schools and the posses
| sion Of the certificates of either the ordi-
| nary or the higher civil service examina-
| tiOns.
simultaneously with the civil service an
pointment regulations two other correlated
regulations have been issued, one relating
| 10 the status of civil officials and the other
| to their discipline. We give below the eist
| OF the tive regulations"
| Protecting Office Holders.
The regulations apply to civil officials
| IN general, excepting officials requiring per
| sonal appointment by the emperor ministers
| TO foreign countries, personal secretaries
| and others whose appointment is specially
| provided by law.
| civil officials shall not be deprived of their
posts unless as a result of criminal sentence
| passed by a court of law or of disciplinary
| funlshment or unless they come under any
| OF the following clauses
| ID When, in consequence of phvsicaI do
| f"rmlty or incurable disease or in conse-
| quence Of debility of boGy or mind they
are adjudged unfit for the discharge of their
| duties. ~
| CD When. in consequence of incapacitv
! Tor the discharge of duties as a result OF
| wounds or Illness or from consideration of
their personal convenience, they request
| OF their own accord to be relieved of their
posts.
| 60 When superfiuity has been produced
as a result of the amendment of an Off
cial organization or of the reduction of the
| fixed number of officials.
cases coming under clause | mentioned
| above shall he judged by the higher or or
| binary civil service disciplinary committee
according to the rank of the officials con-
| cerned- Furthermore, no civil official shall
be transferred against his will to another
| post lower in grade than that he is ac-
! tually occupying.
| But civil officials may be placed on the
| kyuShOku list Temporary retiremenD when
| they come under any of the following
| clauses:
| % When, in accordance with the pro-
/
| are handed over for examination to dis
| ciplinary committee.
| CO When accused or informed against in
| connection with a criminal affair.
| CD When a superfuity has been produced
| as a result of the amendment of an official
| organization or reduction of the fixed
| number of officials.
| a. When their retirement is required by
| the necessity of business arrangements in
| the respective Offices
| AS for cases coming under clauses ! and
mentioned above, the period of tempo
| rary retirement shall be coextensive with
| the time they are in the hands of either
| "a disciplinary committee or of judges
| Three years shall be the period of tempo
| rary retirement for cases coming under the
| remaining two clauses.
| In the meanwhile, the officials on the
| temporary retirement list shall be entitled
| to one-thIrd of the full pay.
Furnishing Neglect.
| Excepting officials requiring personal ap-
| pointment by the emperor or those officials
| for whom special provisions exist, all other
| civil officials shall not be subject to dis
/ culinary punishment, unless in accordance
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