The Empire of The Rising Sun!

What follows is the newly completed Constitution of the Empire of Japan, created in conjuction with His Imperial Majesty and The Imperial Diet. The Constitution for the Empire of Japan, contains a total of 76 articles which are divided among 7 Chapters. This is a brief outlook of it.
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Chapter 1 - The Emperor

I - The Emperor is the Sovereign Head of State for the Empire of Japan.
II - The Emperor may dissolve the Imperial Diet at his own discretion.
III - The Emperor may dismiss a member of the Imperial Diet
IIII - The Emperor may advise the Government on actions to take but can not act upon them without the permission of the Government.
V - The Emperor can appoint and dismiss members of the Nobility.
VI - The Emperor gives sanction to laws and orders them to be promulgated and executed.
VII - The Emperor holds the sole right to declare war or peace and conclude treaties.
VIII - The Emperor alone may appoint members to his Privy Council.
IX - The Emperor holds the absolute right to veto a proposal by the Imperial Diet
XI - The Emperor is the supreme Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy.
XII - The Emperor’s commands (including Imperial Ordinance, Edicts, Rescripts, etc.) have no legal force within themselves and require the signature of a “Minister of State”.
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Chapter 2 - Rights and Duties of Subjects

I - Every Japanese subject must uphold the constitution to its fullest
II - Every Japanese subject has the right to trial before a Judge
III - Every Japanese subject has the right to Privacy of Correspondence, in which their letters or other such similar forms of communication may not be listened to or recorded without the permission of the concerned parties who are corresponding with one another.
IIII - Every Japanese subject has the right to Freedom of Religion, within limits not prejudicial to peace and order and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects.
V - Every Japanese subject has the Right to Petition the Government for changes in a peaceful and non disruptive manner.
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Chapter 3 - The Imperial Diet

I - The Imperial Diet shall consist of two Houses, a House of Peers and a House of Representatives.
II - The House of Peers shall, in accordance with the Ordinance concerning the House of Peers, be composed of the members of the Imperial Family, of the orders of nobility and of those persons, who have been nominated thereto by the Emperor.
III - No one can at one and the same time be a Member of both Houses.
IIII - Every law requires the consent of the Imperial Diet.
V - Both Houses shall vote upon projects of law submitted to it by the Government, and may respectively initiate projects of law.
VI - A term of the Imperial Diet shall last 1 month. In case of necessity, the duration of a term may be prolonged by the Imperial Order.
VII - Votes shall be taken in both Houses by absolute majority. In the case of a tie vote, the President of the Privy Council shall have the casting vote.
VIII - Both Houses may enact, besides what is provided for in the present Constitution and in the Law of the Houses, rules necessary for the management of their internal affairs.
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(The full and detailed Constitution can be found here - http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/etc/c02.html)



~ Signed ~
His Imperial Majesty, The Emperor of Japan