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614 take charge of his or her education. Under certain circumstances the Emperor may either approve the guardian chosen by his or her parent or may nominate one.

—The guardian of a member of the Imperial Family must be himself a member thereof and of age.

—Marriages of members of the Imperial Family shall be restricted to the circle of the family, or to certain noble families specially approved by Imperial orders.

—Marriages of the members of the Imperial Family shall be subject to the sanction of the Emperor.

—The Imperial writs sanctioning the marriages of members of the Imperial Family shall bear the counter-signature of the Minister of the Imperial Household.

—No member of the Imperial Family can adopt anyone as his son.

—When a member of the Imperial Family wishes to travel beyond the boundaries of the country, he must first obtain the sanction of the Emperor.

—A female member of the Imperial Family who has married a subject shall be excluded from membership in the Imperial Family. However, she may be allowed, by special grace of the Emperor, to retain her title of Imperial Princess or Princess, as the case may be.

—No landed or other property than has been fixed as the hereditary estate shall be divided up or alienated.

—The landed or other property to be included in the Imperial hereditary estates shall be settled by Imperial writ, with the advice of the Privy Council, and shall be announced by the Minister of the Imperial Household.

—The expinditures of the imperial House of all kinds shall be defrayed out of the National Treasury, at a certain fixed amount.

—The estimates and audits of accounts of the expinditure of the Imperial House, and all other rules of the kind, shall be regulated by the Finance Regulations of the Imperial House.

—Litigation between the members of the Imperial Family shall be decided by judicial functionaries specially designated by the Emperor, in the Department of the