We give Our sanction to the abrogation of the Imperial Ordinance Concerning the Committee for the Investigation of Sacred places pertaining to the History of foundation of the State and hereby cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: Hirohito, Seal of the Emperor This first day of the fifth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (1 May, 1946) Countersigned: Baron Kijuro Shidehara Prime Minister Imperial Ordinance No. 254 The Imperial Ordinance Concerning the Committee for the Investigation of Sacred places pertaining to the History of foundation of the State shall be abrogated. Supplementary Provision: This present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.