In the first place, according to precedent, Hotobun by the House of Representatives to the imperial rescript granted on the opening day of the Diet, was to be presented the Imperial Court after its draft written by the chief secretary at the House of Representatives was conferred at the draft committee, asked the floor for its approval, and being passed.
そもそも、衆議院からする開院式当日下賜の勅語にたいする奉答文は、先例によれば衆議院書記官長によって起草されたものを、さらに起草委員の協議の結果、これを議場に諮り賛同をもとめ、賛同をへて、宮中に捧呈した。