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Details of 2001 (Gyo-Tsu) 233 | Judgments of the Supreme Court
members of such organ, and the procedures for selection of persons
on the House of Representatives Candidate List, as well as written
oath by which the representative of the organ swears that selection of
persons on the House of Representatives Candidate List has been
implemented appropriately.
(7) Other documents as provided by Cabinet Order
3. The name and the abbreviated name of a political party or group to
be stated in a House of Representatives Candidate List must be, if
the political party or group is subject to official announcement under
Article 86-6(6), such name and abbreviated name of the political party
or group as officially announced, or if the political party or group is
not subject to official announcement under the said paragraph, a
name and an abbreviated name other than those that indicate or
remind people of the name and abbreviated name as officially
announced under the said paragraph or other names and abbreviated
names similar thereto or the name of its representative or a person on
its House of Representatives Candidate List for any constituency. In
this case, if such name or abbreviated name as officially announced
of a political party or group that is subject official announcement
under the said paragraph indicates or reminds people of the name of
its representative or a person on its House of Representatives
Candidate List for any constituency, such political party or group shall
not be regarded as a political party or group subject to official
announcement under the said paragraph for the purpose of applying
the provision of the first sentence of this paragraph.
4. Notwithstanding the provision of Article 87(1), a political party or
group that falls under Paragraph 1(1) or (2) may, in the election of
members of the House of Representatives under the proportional
representation system, include candidates (including persons who are
to become candidates; hereinafter the same in the Paragraphs 5 and
6) who are reported by the political party or group for an election of
members of the House of Representatives under the single-seat
system to be held concurrently with the election of members of the
House of Representatives under the proportional representation
system, in the political party or group's House of Representatives
Candidate List, if the constituencies for which the candidates are
reported are included in the area of the constituency for the election
of members of the House of Representatives under the proportional
representation system.
5. The number of persons on a House of Representatives Candidate
List (excluding candidates for an election of members of the House of
Representatives under the single-seat constituency system to be held
concurrently with the election who are also included in the House of
Representatives Candidate List in accordance with the preceding
paragraph) shall not exceed the number of seats to be filled in the
election of members of the House of Representatives under the
proportional representation system.
6. If a political party or other political group that falls under Paragraph
1(1) or (2) includes, in accordance with Paragraph 4, two or more
candidates for an election of members of the House of
Representatives under the single-seat constituency system to be held
concurrently with the election of members of the House of
Representatives under the proportional representation system in its
House of Representatives Candidate List, the political party or group
may, notwithstanding the provision of Paragraph 1, apply the same
ranking for being chosen as successful candidates to all or part of
such candidates.
7. Upon becoming aware of any of the following events by the date of
the election, the Chief Electoral Official shall delete the person from
the House of Representatives Candidate List submitted under
Paragraph 1 and immediately notify the political party or group that
has submitted the list of deletion. The same shall apply when the
Chief Electoral Official is notified in writing by the political party or
group that has submitted the House of Representatives Candidate
List, by the preceding day of the date of the election, of the fact that a
person on the list has been expelled or has defected from the party or
group or no longer belongs to the party or group due to any other
reasons.
(1) The person on the House of Representatives Candidate List has
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