# 日本国憲法 / The Constitution of Japan — 第五十四条 (Article 54) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-54. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 日本国憲法 (The Constitution of Japan), 昭和二十一年憲法 - English title "The Constitution of Japan": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Constitution — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第五十四条 (Article 54) — address `art-54` - Text in force since: 1947-05-03 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-54 - e-Gov law ID: 321CONSTITUTION — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十四条 art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-54 **第一項** 衆議院が解散されたときは、解散の日から四十日以内に、衆議院議員の総選挙を行ひ、その選挙の日から三十日以内に、国会を召集しなければならない。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-54/par-1 When the House of Representatives is dissolved, there must be a general election of members of the House of Representatives within forty (40) days from the date of dissolution, and the Diet must be convoked within thirty (30) days from the date of the election. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 衆議院が解散されたときは、参議院は、同時に閉会となる。但し、内閣は、国に緊急の必要があるときは、参議院の緊急集会を求めることができる。 art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-54/par-2 When the House of Representatives is dissolved, the House of Councillors is closed at the same time. However, the Cabinet may in time of national emergency convoke the House of Councillors in emergency session. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項但書の緊急集会において採られた措置は、臨時のものであつて、次の国会開会の後十日以内に、衆議院の同意がない場合には、その効力を失ふ。 art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-54/par-3 Measures taken at such session as mentioned in the proviso of the preceding paragraph shall be provisional and shall become null and void unless agreed to by the House of Representatives within a period of ten (10) days after the opening of the next session of the Diet. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-54/par-3: 前項 → 日本国憲法 第五十四条第二項 (Article 54, paragraph (2)), art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-54/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 日本国憲法 第五十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-54/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 日本国憲法 — the text in force from 1947-05-03 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/321CONSTITUTION/19470503_000000000000000), retrieved 2026-09-16 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — The Constitution of Japan — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/174/tb), retrieved 2026-09-16 - This site's parser, version 211 — 日本国憲法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-16