We hereby give Our sanction to the abrogation of the Imperial Ordinance No. 67 of the Twentieth Year of Showa (1945) concerning the suspension of charging a fee for the delivery, correction or rewriting and others of the seamen's registration book and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed : Hirohito Seal of the Emperor This eighth day of the fourth month of the Twenty-First Year of Showa (8 April, 1946) Countersigned : Baron, Kijuro Shidehara Prime Minister Chuzo Mitsuchi Minister of Home Affairs Giichi Murakami Minister of Transportation Imperial Ordinance No. 226 The Imperial Ordinance No. 67 of the Twentieth Year of Showa (1945) shall be abrogated. Supplementary Provisions: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.