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the Budget, or
when the Budget has not been brought into actual existence, the
Government shall carry out the Budget of the preceding year.
Article 72. The final account of the expenditures and revenues of the
State shall be verified and confirmed by the Board of Audit, and it shall
be submitted by the Government to the Imperial Diet, together with the
report of verification of the said board.
(2) The organization and competency of the Board of Audit shall of
determined by law separately.

CHAPTER VII.
SUPPLEMENTARY RULES
Article 73. When it has become necessary in future to amend the
provisions of the present Constitution, a project to the effect shall be
submitted to the Imperial Diet by Imperial Order.
(2) In the above case, neither House can open the debate, unless not
less than two-thirds of the whole number of Members are present, and
no amendment can be passed, unless a majority of not less than
two-thirds of the Members present is obtained.
Article 74. No modification of the Imperial House Law shall be
required to be submitted to the deliberation of the Imperial Diet.
(2) No provision of the present Constitution can be modified by the
Imperial House Law.
Article 75. No modification can be introduced into the Constitution, or
into the Imperial House Law, during the time of a Regency.
Article 76. Existing legal enactments, such as laws, regulations,
Ordinances, or by whatever names they may be called, shall, so far as
they do not conflict with the present Constitution, continue in force.
(2) All existing contracts or orders, that entail obligations upon the

Government, and that are connected with expenditure, shall come
within the scope of Article 67.
(The above is the semi-official translation, which appeared in H. Ito,
Commentaries on the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, trans. M. Ito,
1889.)

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