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18 —Neither House can receive a petition presented by a proxy, excepting when such proxy is a party recognized by law as an artificial person.

—Neither House can receive petitions for amending the Constitution.

—Petitions shall be in the form and style of a prayer. No petition, that is not entitled such, or that does not conform with the proper form and style, shall be received by either House.

—Neither House can receive a petition that contains words of disrespect towards the Imperial Family or those of insult to the Government or the House.

—Neither House can receive petitions interfering with the administration of justice or with administrative litigation.

—Both Houses shall separately receive petitions and shall not interfere each with the other in such matters.

—Neither House is allowed to issue notifications to the people.

—Neither House is allowed, for the prosecution of examinations, to summon persons or to direct a member to repair outside the precincts of the House.

—When either House, for the purpose of examinations, asks the Government for necessary reports or documents, the Government shall comply, provided such reports or documents do not relate to any secret matter.

—Other than with the Ministers of State and the Delegates of the Government, neither House can hold any correspondence with any Government Office or with any Local Assembly.

—When a Member of the House of Representatives has been appointed a Member of the House of Peers, or has received an official appointment, which by law disables him from being a member, he shall be considered as retired.

—When a Member of the House of Representatives has lost any of the qualifications of eligibility mentioned in the Law of Election, he shall be considered as retired.

—When an objection is raised in the House of Representatives as to the qualifications of any of its Members, a Special Committee shall be appointed to examine into the matter, upon a specified day, and the resolution of the House shall be taken upon the receipt of the report of the said Committee.

—Whenever, in a Court of Law, Legal proceedings pertinent to election suit have been commenced, the House of Representatives cannot institute enquiries into the same matter.