Each of the chiten and sangu was given every year the right to confer a court rank on one person and allowed to confer the Jugoi (Junior Fifth Rank) on one of the applicants in return for a payment of joryo (a fee for attaining a court rank).
毎年、治天ないし三宮に1人分の叙爵権を付与し、治天及び三宮は叙爵希望者より叙料を納めさせることで、従五位に叙爵させることができるとされた。