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Rh decline or fail to send in the communication of acceptance, the other person, who has lost the election by the said drawing of lots, shall be declared the elected personsperson [sic].

—When it has been settled who are the elected persons in every election district, the Governor of the Fu or Ken shall give them certificates of election, and notify their names throughout the extent of his jurisdiction. He shall then report thereon to the Minister of State for Home Affairs, with the statements of the qualifications of the elected persons.

—The term of membership shall be four years. After the expiration of their term, Members may again accept election.

—When, upon the occurrence of a vacancy among Members, the Minister of State for Home Affairs orders the Governor of the respective Fu or Ken to hold a substitutional election, the latter shall cause an extraordinary election to be held in the respective election district for the election of a substitutional Member, within twenty days from the day on which he received the order of the said Minister of State.

—The term of substitutional membership shall correspond to that of the predecessor.

—The Chocho or Soncho charged with the management of voting shall maintain order at the voting place, and, in a case of necessity, may deliver an offender to the police authorities to be dealt with by them.

—No person carrying weapons or arms is permitted to enter a voting place.

—No person, who is not an elector, is permitted to enter a voting place.

—At a voting place it is forbidden to make speeches, to engage in discussions, to cause an uproar, or to use persuasion for the votes of other peoples.

—When any person disturbs the order of a voting place, the Chocho or Soncho shall give him warming, and, when the warning is disregarded, shall cause him to leave the voting place.

—A person, who has been compelled to leave a voting place, may, unless he has become an offender against law, again be called therein for the purpose of voting.

—When any of the electors assembled at a voting place transgresses either the provisions of the Criminal Law or the punitive rules of the present Law, he shall be forbidden to vote, and his name and the circumstances shall be recorded in the minutes of the election.

—As to the decision of the Chocho or Soncho on a dispute relating to an election, no objection against it can be raised at the voting place.

—Any person who requests admission to an election meeting held at the Gun, Shi, or Ku Office charged with the management of election, shall be treated by the Chairman of Election according to the provisions set forth in the five Articles from LXIX to Article LXXII.