Next, in the consultation of the Imperial meeting, it was expected that some Imperial members would be against the regulation, the government took advantage of Imperial Meeting regulations, which stated that members of the Imperial meeting are not allowed to vote in terms of 'proceedings related to their own benefit,' and the chairman (Fushiminomiya Imperial Prince Sadanaru at that time) let the proceedings pass through the Imperial meeting without taking vote.
ついで諮詢を受けた皇族会議でも一部の皇族たちの反発が予想されたため、政府側は、皇族会議の議員は「自己の利害に関する議事」では採決に参加できないという皇族会議令第9条の規定を利用して採決を行わずに議長（当時は伏見宮貞愛親王）の判断のみで皇族会議を通過させている。