I hereby give My Sanction with the consent of the Imperial Diet to the Law concerning the partial amendments of the Mail Law and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-second day of the seventh month of the twenty-first year of Showa (July 22, 1946). Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi Law No.3 The Mail Law shall be amended as follows: Paragraph 1 of Article 18 shall be amended as follows: The classification and postage rates of ordinary mail matters are as follows;postage rates, however, may be reduced as provided for by ordinance. 1st class mail matter Letters Each 20 grams or fraction thereof 30 sen 2nd class mail matter Post cards Single post card 15 sen Post card with reply paid 30 sen Letter card 30 sen 3rd class mail matter Periodicals to be published more than once a month Each 100 grams or fraction thereof 15 sen 4th class mail matter Books, printed matter, commercial papers, photographs, writings, pictures, drawings, samples or patterns of merchandise, natural history specimens Each 100 grams or fraction thereof 30 sen 5th class mail matter Agricultural seeds Each 100 grams or fraction thereof 5 sen Supplementary Provision: The date of enforcement of this Law shall be fixed by Imperial Ordinance.