# 日本国憲法 / The Constitution of Japan — 第五十九条 (Article 59) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/constitution/art-59. 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: 第五十九条 (Article 59) — address `art-59` - Text in force since: 1947-05-03 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/constitution/art-59 - 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. --- ### 第五十九条 art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/constitution/art-59 **第一項** 法律案は、この憲法に特別の定のある場合を除いては、両議院で可決したとき法律となる。 art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/constitution/art-59/par-1 A bill becomes a law on passage by both Houses, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 衆議院で可決し、参議院でこれと異なつた議決をした法律案は、衆議院で出席議員の三分の二以上の多数で再び可決したときは、法律となる。 art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/constitution/art-59/par-2 A bill which is passed by the House of Representatives, and upon which the House of Councillors makes a decision different from that of the House of Representatives, becomes a law when passed a second time by the House of Representatives by a majority of two-thirds or more of the members present. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定は、法律の定めるところにより、衆議院が、両議院の協議会を開くことを求めることを妨げない。 art-59/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/constitution/art-59/par-3 The provision of the preceding paragraph does not preclude the House of Representatives from calling for the meeting of a joint committee of both Houses, provided for by law. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 参議院が、衆議院の可決した法律案を受け取つた後、国会休会中の期間を除いて六十日以内に、議決しないときは、衆議院は、参議院がその法律案を否決したものとみなすことができる。 art-59/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/constitution/art-59/par-4 Failure by the House of Councillors to take final action within sixty (60) days after receipt of a bill passed by the House of Representatives, time in recess excepted, may be determined by the House of Representatives to constitute a rejection of the said bill by the House of Councillors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-59/par-3: 前項 → 日本国憲法 第五十九条第二項 (Article 59, paragraph (2)), art-59/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/constitution/art-59/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 日本国憲法 第五十九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/constitution/art-59/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