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Rh Our Ministers of State, on Our behalf, shall be held responsible for the carrying out of the present Constitution, and Our present and future subjects shall for ever assume the duty of allegiance to the present Constitution.

[His Imperial Majesty’s Sign-Manual]

[Privy Seal.]

The 11th day of the 2nd month of the 22nd year of Meiji.

—The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal.

—The Imperial Throne shall be succeeded to by Imperial male descendants, according to the provisions of the Imperial House Law.

—The Emperor is sacred and inviolable.