In this regard, Paragraph 2 of Supplementary Provision of the Public Offices Election Act prescribes that 'suffrage and eligibility for election with respect to those who do not fall under the provisions of... the Family Registration Law are to be suspended for the time being,' hence a vulgar belief that the right to vote and eligibility for election of Emperor and members of the Imperial family have been suspended for the time being according to the above-mentioned provision of the Public Offices Election Act.
この点、公職選挙法附則2項に「戸籍法…の適用を受けない者の選挙権及び被選挙権は、当分の間、停止する」と定められているため、天皇及び皇族の選挙権及び被選挙権は、同法の規定によって当分の間停止されていることになるとする俗説がある。