Article 95. A special law, applicable to one local public
entity, cannot be enacted by the Diet without the consent of the
majority of the voters of the local public entity concerned,
obtained in accordance with law.

CHAPTER IX. AMENDMENTS

Article 96. Amendment to this Constitution shall be
initiated by the Diet, through a concurring vote of two-thirds or
more of all the members of each House and shall thereupon be
submitted to the people for ratification which shall require the
affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast thereon, at
special referendum or at such election as the Diet shall specify.

(2) Amendments when so ratified shall immediately be
promulgated by the Emperor in the name of the people, as an
integral part of this Constitution.

CHAPTER X. SUPREME LAW

Article 97. The fundamental human rights by this
Constitution guaranteed to the people of Japan are fruits of the
age-old struggle of man to be free; they have survived the many
exacting tests for durability and are conferred upon this and
future generations in trust, to be held for all time inviolate.

Article 98. This Constitution shall be the supreme law of
the nation and no law, ordinance, imperial rescript or other act
of government, or part thereof, contrary to the provisions