(Shingō: Parliament & Elections Act)

# P.R. 0002:

**Chapter 1:**

> **§1)** All votes for Members of Parliament must be by written or printed ballot, or voting machine the use of which has been duly authorized by national or prefectural law; and all votes received or recorded contrary to this section shall be of no effect.
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> **§2)** National elections and referendums conducted for the purpose of electing Members of Parliament shall utilize a Mixed Member Proportional voting system. The national government shall use all legal authority within the limits of the Constitution to ensure the cooperation of the Prefectures in this matter.
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> **§3)** The oath of office shall be administered by the Speaker of Parliament to each Member of Parliament who shall be elected, previous to his taking his seat.
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> **§4)** In cases where the Speaker of Parliament is unable to administer the oath of office to incoming Members of Parliament, the presiding officer of Parliament shall have power to administer all oaths and affirmations that are or may be required by the Constitution, or by law, to be taken by any Member of Parliament, officer of Parliament, witness, or other person, in respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of Parliament.
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> **§5)** At the first session of Parliament after every general election of its Members, the oath of office shall be administered by any Member of Parliament to the Speaker of Parliament; and by the Speaker to all the Members present, and to the Members who afterward appear, previous to their taking their seats.
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**Chapter 2:**

> **§1)** Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of Member of Parliament, Member of a Prefectural Legislative Assembly, or at any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing candidates for public office, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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**Chapter 3:**

> **§1)** No elected official of Parliament shall be required to serve on a grand or petit jury, convened by any National, Prefectural, or local court, whether such service is requested by judicial summons or by some other means of compulsion.
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> **§2)** The Prime Minister and Minority Leaders of Parliament or their designees shall recognize a notice of intent of a Member of Parliament who is a member of their caucus to object to proceeding to a measure or matter only if the Member of Parliament—
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> * **(a)** following the objection to a unanimous consent to proceeding to, and, or passage of, a measure or matter on their behalf, submits the notice of intent in writing to the appropriate leader or their designee; and
> * **(b)** not later than 6 session days after the submission under subsection (a), submits for inclusion in the Parliamentary Record and in the applicable calendar section the following notice:
> 	+ “I, \_\_\_\_, intend to object to proceedings to \_\_\_\_, dated \_\_\_\_ for the following reasons \_\_\_\_.”.
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**Chapter 4:**

> **§1)** All offices attached to Parliament and the seat of government shall be exercised in the governmental district of the City of Chukyo, and not elsewhere, except as otherwise expressly provided by law.
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> **§2)** In case of the prevalence of a contagious or epidemic disease at the seat of government or of the imminent threat of death or destruction, the Prime Minister may permit and direct the removal of any or all the public offices to such other place or places as he shall deem most safe and convenient for conducting the public business.
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**Chapter 5:**

> **§1)** Every Prefectural Premier or member of a Prefectural Legislative Assembly, and every executive and judicial officer of a Prefectural, shall, before he proceeds to execute the duties of his office, take an oath in the following form: “I, \_\_\_\_, do solemnly swear that I will support, respect, and defend the Constitution of the Imperial Republic of Shingō.”
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**Chapter 6:**

> **§1)** The Prime Minister is authorized to procure the assent of the legislature of any Prefecture or Territory, within which any purchase of land has been made for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings, without such consent having been obtained.
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