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No. 3] .—Each and every one of the provisions contained in the preceding Articles of the present chapter, that are not in conflict with the laws or the rules and discipline of the Army and Navy, shall apply to the officers and men of the Army and of the Navy.

.—The Imperial Diet shall consist of two Houses, a House of Peers and a House of Representatives.

.—The House of Peers shall, in accordance with the Ordinance concerning he House of Peers, be composed of the members of the Imperial Family, of the orders of nobility, and of those persons who have been nominated thereto by the Emperor.

.—The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members elected by the people, according to the provisions of the Law of Election.

.—No one can at one and the same time be a Member of both Houses.

.—Every law requires the consent of the Imperial Diet.

.—Both Houses shall vote upon projects of law submitted to them by the Government, and may respectively initiate projects of law.

.—A Bill, which has been rejected by either the one or the other of the two Houses, shall not be again brought in during the same session.

.—Both Houses can make representations to the Government, as to laws or upon any other subject. When, however, such representations are not accepted, they cannot be made a second time during the same session.

.—The Imperial Diet shall be convoked every year.

.—A session of the Imperial Diet shall last during three months. In case of necessity, the duration of a session may be prolonged by Imperial Order. The duration of an extraordinary session shall be determined by Imperial Order.

.—The opening, closing, prolongation of session and prorogation of the Imperial Diet, shall be effected simultaneously for both Houses.