Name: Provisions of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands
Author: United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands

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United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Provisions of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952)

“ The rights of the people toward the Government of the Ryukyu Islands shall be that of obtaining protection of life, real and personal property and effects according to law.
2. All of the people shall be respected as individuals and hold equal under the law. Their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness shall, to the extent that it does not interfere with the public welfare, be the supreme consideration in legislation and in other governmental affairs. ”

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United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Provisions of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952)

“ Every bill passed by the Legislature making appropriations of money or raising revenue, embracing distinct items, shall before it becomes a law, be presented to the Chief Executive; if he disapproves the bill, or any item or appropriation therein contained, he shall communicate such disapproval with his reasons therefor to the Legislature; but all items not disapproved shall have the force and effect of law according to the original provisions of the bill. Any item so disapproved shall be void, unless repassed by a two-thirds majority of the Legislature and approved by the Deputy Governor. ”

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United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Provisions of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952)

“ No person shall have the right to vote in any election for public office or to hold any public office through either election or appointment who has been adjudged incompetent or quasi-incompetent, or who has been sentenced to imprisonment and has neither finished the execution of such punishment nor has legally ceased to undergo the same, or who has been placed upon probation by a duly constituted court and has not completed the term of his probation. ”

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United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Provisions of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952)

“ Conduct of members, witnesses and visitors during sessions of the Legislature shall be controlled by the Speaker, as prescribed by the Legislature. Misconduct and violations of lawful orders of the Legislature shall be punished as provided for by law. The legislature may punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and, with the concurrence of three-fourths of the members elected thereto, expel a member. Persons, other than members of the Legislature, who hold the authority of the Legislature in contempt may be tried by court action. ”

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United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Provisions of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952)

“ However, if any subject shall be embraced in an act which is not so expressed, the act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be so, expressed, and no law shall be revised, or amended, by reference to its title only. ”

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United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Provisions of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952)

“ The Legislature shall determine its own rules of procedure. However, all bills must go through three reading processes, but each reading process must be made on a separate day, unless, in case of urgency, by a vote of three-fourths of the members present taken on each bill, this requirement may be dispensed with.
2. No items under consideration will be unduly delayed by the Legislature in its deliberations, or held in committee beyond a reasonable length of time. ”

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United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Provisions of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952)

“ The municipal governments shall have assemblies as their deliberative body. The mayors, the members of the assembly, and such other local officials as may be determined by law shall be elected by direct popular vote within each municipality. ”

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