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Article 56

第五十六条

Business cannot be transacted in either House unless one-third or more of total membership is present.

両議院は、各々その総議員の三分の一以上の出席がなければ、議事を開き議決することができない。

All matters shall be decided, in each House, by a majority of those present, except as elsewhere provided in the Constitution, and in case of a tie, the presiding officer shall decide the issue.

両議院の議事は、この憲法に特別の定のある場合を除いては、出席議員の過半数でこれを決し、可否同数のときは、議長の決するところによる。

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