The broadest sense of Naikaku-kansei includes the 1885 Dajokan Fukoku (a decree issued by the Grand Council of State) and Dajokan tasshi (proclamation by the Grand Council of State) no. 69, which were the first regulations governing the Cabinet system, and it also includes the Naikaku-shokken (Official powers of the Cabinet).
広義の内閣官制には、1885年（明治18年）に制定され、内閣制度を初めて定めた明治18年太政官布告・太政官達第69号や、内閣職権を含める。