Parliamentary Legislation Bureau

Japanese: 議院法制局 - ぎいんほうせいきょく

An organization that provides technical legal assistance to Diet members regarding private member bills. It was established as the Legislation Bureau in 1947, and adopted its current name the following year in 1948. It was established under Article 131 of the Diet Law and the House Legislation Bureau Law. It is established in both the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors. Each Legislation Bureau Chief has a Deputy Director-General for Legislation under him, and under the five divisions are 10 sections with areas of responsibility corresponding to the jurisdiction of the Diet's standing committees. The number of staff is determined by a resolution of each House. At the request of Diet members, it discusses and examines the contents of bills to realize their policy intentions, prepares bill outlines and drafts bill codification, and assists in preparing materials for responses during Diet deliberations on private member bills. It is an indispensable presence for private member bills, just like the role of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau in preparing bills to be submitted by the Cabinet. (→ Law, Law, Legislation)

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Japanese:

議員立法に関し国会議員を法制面で技術的に補佐する機関。1947年法制部として発足し，翌 1948年現名称となった。設置の根拠法は国会法131条および議院法制局法。衆議院と参議院にそれぞれ置かれている。各法制局長の下に法制次長が，そのもとに 5部が置かれ，5部の下には国会の常任委員会の所管に対応した担当分野が割り振られた 10課が置かれている。職員の定数は各院の議決で定められる。国会議員の依頼を受け，その政策意図を実現するための法案内容を協議，検討し，法案要綱の作成，法案の条文化などの立案を行ない，それらの議員立法の国会審議に際しては答弁用の資料作成などの補佐をする。内閣提出法案の作成における内閣法制局の役割と同様，議員立法のために不可欠な存在となっている。（→法，法律，立法）

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