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Japanese Law Numbers - CSV
Japanese law numbers are a numbering system assigned at the time of promulgation to identify laws, cabinet orders, imperial orders, ministerial ordinances, and rules. Numbers are assigned sequentially from No. 1 for each calendar year according to the type of law and year of enactment, and when the era name changes, numbering starts anew from No. 1 at that point. Assigned based on the promulgation date, they play an important role in uniquely identifying laws, especially when multiple laws share the same title. In the e-Gov law search system, a 15-digit law ID is used to identify laws in a machine-readable format.
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code,slug,name,description,format,lawType,lawIdPrefix
1,constitution,Constitution,The supreme law of Japan.,Constitution of Japan (no law number),Constitution,
2,act,Act,Laws established through approval by the National Diet based on constitutional provisions.,"Era Name Year Act No. X (e.g., Heisei 5 Act No. 88)",Act,AC
3,cabinet-order,Cabinet Order,Orders issued by the Cabinet to implement constitutional and legal provisions.,"Era Name Year Cabinet Order No. X (e.g., Showa 60 Cabinet Order No. 75)",CabinetOrder,CO
4,imperial-order,Imperial Order,"An old form of law, but includes those still valid at the time data compilation began.","Era Name Year Imperial Order No. X (e.g., Showa 18 Imperial Order No. 618)",ImperialOrder,IO
5,ministerial-ordinance,Ministerial Ordinance,Orders established by heads of organizations based on laws and cabinet orders.,"Era Name Year Ministry Ordinance No. X (e.g., Heisei 17 Ministry of Justice Ordinance No. 27)",MinisterialOrdinance,M1-M6
6,rule,Rule,"Rules such as National Personnel Authority rules, Board of Audit rules, and Supreme Court rules.","Era Name Year Rule No. X (e.g., Showa 22 Board of Audit Rule No. 1)",Rule,R