The Cabinet was ruled not by the Constitution, but by the Naikaku-kansei (Organization of Cabinet Edict), in which the Prime Minister was stated as the shuhan (the head seat) of the other ministers but in an equal position.
内閣は憲法ではなく内閣官制で規定されており、内閣総理大臣は国務大臣の首班ではあるものの対等な地位とされた。