We hereby give sanction to the Ordinance for the Abolition of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Veteran Institution etc., and cause the said Ordinance to be promulgated. Signed: Hirohito, Seal of the Emperor This eleventh day of the fifth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (11 May, 1946) Countersigned: Baron Kijuro Shidehara Prime Minister Hitoshi Ashida Minister of Welfare Imperial Ordinance No. 267 The following Imperial Ordinance shall be abrogated: Regulations governing the Organization of the Veteran Institution. Regulations on the control of the fund of the Veteran Institution. Imperial Ordinance No. 257, 1934. Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.