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Act Amending the Public Offices Election Act

公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律

Published: 2016-12-02 · Source: e-Gov Law Search — Updated Laws · Stage: In Force · Area: Other · Impact (preliminary): Medium · First detected by this dashboard: 2026-10-29

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AI summary

Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.

Summary

Act No. 93 of 2016 amends the Public Offices Election Act (Act No. 100 of 1950). The listing records a promulgation date of 2016-12-02 and an effective date of 2017-04-10, but does not describe the substantive amendments.

Business Impact

The amendments may affect candidates and voters governed by the Public Offices Election Act, but the listing does not establish which election rules or activities changed.

Recommended Action

Review the official Japanese text for the amended election provisions, their scope and any transitional arrangements.

Timeline of related official records

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  1. 2016-12-02 — Promulgated (statute recorded by e-Gov Law Search) 公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律(平成二十八年法律第九十三号) (this update) Original Japanese source
  2. 2017-04-10 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 公職選挙法 (this update) Original Japanese source