In principle, the term for councilors was seven years but the Imperial family, the princes and marquis councilors from the peerage, and Chokusen Councilors (see below) from the Chokunin Councilors had life tenure.
議員の任期は原則として7年で、皇族議員、華族議員のうち公爵・侯爵議員、勅任議員のうち勅選議員については終身議員とされた。