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20 —In neither House shall the utterance of expressions or the making of speeches, implying disrespect to the Imperial House, be allowed.

—In neither House shall the use of coarse language or personalities be allowed.

—When any member has been vilified or insulted either in the House or at a meeting of a Committee, he shall appeal to the House and demand that proper measures be taken. There shall be no retaliation among Members.

—Both Houses shall have the power to mete out disciplinary punishment to the respective Members.

—In each House there shall be instituted a Committee on Disciplinary Punishment for making enquiries into cases of disciplinary punishment.

When a case for disciplinary punishment occurs, the President shall, in the first place, instruct the Committee to enquire into the matter, and shall deliver sentence after having submitted the case to the consideration of the House.

When a case for disciplinary punishment occurs at a meeting of a Committee or in a Section, the Chairman of the Committee or the Chief of the Section shall report the matter to the President and require measures to he taken thereon.

—Disciplinary punishments shall be as follows:—

"1. Reprimands at an open meeting of the House.

2. Expression by the offenders of a proper apology at an open meeting of the House.

3. Suspension of the offender from presence in the House for a certain length of time.

4. Expulsion."

In the House of Representutives, expulsion shall be decided upon by a majority vote of more than two-thirds of the Members present.

—The House of Representatives shall have no power to deny a seat to a Member that has been expelled, when he shall hashave [sic] been re-elected.

—Any Member shall, with the support of not less than twenty Members, have the right to make a motion for the infliction of a disciplinary punishment.

A motion for a disciplinary punishment shall be made within three days from the commission of the offence.

—When, for non-compliance, without substantial reasons, with the Imperial Proclamation of convocation within one week from the date specified therein, or for absence, without good reasons from the meetings of the House or of a Committee, or for having exceeded the period of his leave of absence, a Member has received a summons from fhethe [sic] President and still persists in delaying his appearance without good grounds for so doing, torfor [sic] one week after the receipt of the said summons, he shall, in the House of Peers, be suspended from taking his seat, and the matter shall be submitted to the Emperor for His decision.

In the House of Representatives, such Member shall be expelled therefrom.