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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="ImperialOrder" Num="239" PromulgateDay="26" PromulgateMonth="4" Year="21">
  <PromulgateBody>
    <PromulgateStatement>We hereby give our sanction to the Ordinance concerning the amendments of the Imperial Ordinance concerning Organization and Functions of the Local Government of Tokyo Metropolis and Others and cause the same to be promulgated.</PromulgateStatement>
    <ImperialSignature>Signed: Hirohito, Seal of the Emperor.</ImperialSignature>
    <ApprovalDate>This twenty-fifth day of the Fourth month of the Twenty-First Year of Showa (25 April, 1946).</ApprovalDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle/>
      <MinisterialTitle>Countersigned: Baron</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>Kijuro Shidehara Prime Minister</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle/>
      <Name>Chuzo Mitsuchi Minister of Home Affairs</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Imperial Ordinance No. 239</LawNum>
  <LawBody>
    <LawTitle/>
    <MainProvision>
      <Article Num="1">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 1.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The following amendments are made to the Imperial Ordinance concerning Organizations and Functions of the Local Government of Tokyo Metropolis.</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1-2, " not more than 322 (full-time)" shall read "not more than 323 (full-time) "</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
      <Article Num="2">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 2.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The following amendments are made to the Imperial Ordinance concerning Organizations and Functions of the Local Government of Hokkaido.</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1-2, "not more than 119 (full-time)" shall read "not more than 120 (full-time)"</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
      <Article Num="3">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 3.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The following amendments are made to the Imperial Ordinance concerning Organizations and Functions of the Local Governments of Prefectures.</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 2, "not more than 4,084 (full-time)" shall read " not more than 4,128 (full-time)".</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
      <Article Num="4">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 4.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The following amendments are made to the Imperial Ordinance for Temporary Establishment of Personnel Etc., in To-Cho-Fu-Ken (Tokyo Metropolis, Hokkaido and Prefectures).</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1, "3 (full-time)" shall read "7 (full-time)" and "532 (full-time)" shall read " 550 (full-time)"</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1-3, "29 (full-time)" shall read " 30 (full-time) ", " 105 (full-time) " shall read " 108 (full-time)" and " 1,898 (full-time) " shall read "1,917 (full-time)".</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1-4, Item 1," 508 (full-time) " shall read "512 (full-time)" "111 (full-time)" shall read "154 (full-time)" and "5,015 (full-time)" shall read "5,012 (full-time)".</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
    </MainProvision>
    <SupplProvision>
      <SupplProvisionLabel>Supplementary Provision:</SupplProvisionLabel>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
      </Paragraph>
    </SupplProvision>
  </LawBody>
</Law>