The above ceremony is equivalent to the ceremony called 'Kenji to gyo no gi' (the Ceremony of succession of the Sacred Sword, Jewel, and other treasures.), Volume 1 of the ceremony for accession to the throne of former Regulations Governing the Accession to the Throne (No.1 of Imperial Family Regulations in Meiji 42) and 附式, and it is the ceremony of the emperor's constitutional functions.
剣璽等承継の儀とは、旧登極令（明治42年皇室令第1号）附式の、第一編　践祚ノ式にある剣璽渡御ノ儀（けんじとぎょのぎ）にあたる国事行為たる儀式である。