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Encyclopedia > Section 9
Public Security Section 9
Publisher Dark Horse Comics (US)
First appearance Ghost in the Shell manga
Created by Masamune Shirow
Team status active
Base(s) of operations Japan
Roster
Current roster
Daisuke Aramaki
Motoko Kusanagi
Batou
Togusa
Pazu
Boma
Ishikawa
Saito
Notable former members

Public Security Section 9 is a fictional organization from Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series. Officially billed as an international search and rescue organization it is actually a counter-terrorist wetworks operating in the Japanese National Police Department. In the story the various Police Departments in Japan operate as part of Public Security. Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book publisher, one of the largest independent publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has a related story: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... Motoko Kusanagi in the movie Ghost in the Shell (1995) Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊, Kōkaku Kidōtai, Mobile Armoured Riot Police), is a Japanese science fiction manga created by Masamune Shirow. ... Rurouni Kenshin manga, volume 1 (English version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗 Shirō Masamune) is a manga artist of international renown. ... Major Motoko Kusanagi is a fictional character in Masamune Shirows Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series. ... The port town of Boma (1984 pop. ... Ishikawa (石川 rocky river) is a Japanese surname, and the name of several places in Japan, primarily Ishikawa Prefecture. ... Saitō (usually 斉藤 or 斎藤, but other forms are common) is the tenth most common Japanese surname. ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake Public also refers to the general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people... This page covers security in the sense of protection from hostile action. ... Section can be: A cross section (in the common sense or the physics sense) In mathematics: A conic section A section of a fiber bundle or sheaf A Caesarean section In UK law, Section 28 In the fictional Star Trek universe, Section 31 A military unit A section (land) is... Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗 Shirō Masamune) is a manga artist of international renown. ... Motoko Kusanagi in the movie Ghost in the Shell (1995) Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊, Kōkaku Kidōtai, Mobile Armoured Riot Police), is a Japanese science fiction manga created by Masamune Shirow. ... A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, sometimes referred to in the Western world by the portmanteau Japanimation. ... Rurouni Kenshin manga, volume 1 (English version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... In a general sense, a series is a related set of things that occur one after the other or are otherwise connected one after the other. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea... An organization is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ... Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ... National is the Japanese brand under which Matsushita products are sold. ... A car of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, England Police forces are government organisations charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order. ...


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Public Security Section 9 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (732 words)
Public Security Section 9 (Japanese: 公安9課, Kōan Kyūka), also referred to as Public Safety Section 9 in some translations, is a fictional intelligence department from Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series.
The exact location of Section 9's headquarters is held as top-secret and is only known by the Japanese government and Section 9 employees.
In 2029, Major Motoko Kusanagi was dispatched by Section 9 to spy on a building in the city New Port City.
Peter Suber, Paradox of Self-Amendment, Section 9 (14015 words)
First, self-entrenchment (as defined in Section 8) is the entrenchment of a unit of language by words within that unit or, if the entrenchment clause is implied, then by a rule that is inferred from language within the unit it entrenches.
While ordinary sections may be amended by a simple majority of the electors, these four sections may only be amended by a three-fourths supermajority with the added requirement that there be at least a two-thirds supermajority in each county.
The latter case was discussed in Section 8.C; an amendment that delegated the decision on its effective date to its beneficiaries was upheld on the assumption that delegation was prohibited and that the prohibition was completely entrenched.
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