I give my sanction to the Ordinance concerning Increase of Notary Public Fee and hereby cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: Hirohito, Seal of the Emperor This eighteenth day of the fifth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (18 May, 1946) Countersigned: Baron Kijuro Shidehara Prime Minister Chuzo Iwata Minister of Justice Imperial Ordinance No. 280 Ordinance concerning Increase of Notary Public Fee and others.

Article 1. Exceptions as to fee, daily allowance and travelling expenses provided by the Notary public Fee Regulations shall be provided, for the time being, by the provisions of the Present Ordinance.

Article 2. The fee of Article 2 of the Notary Public Fee Regulations shall be increased by 400 percent., the fees to be added according to Article 14, and the fees of Article 15 and 22 by 500 percent. and the fees of Articles 19 and 20 Paragraph 1, Articles 23 to 25 by 800 percent.

Article 3. The fee of Article 21-2 of the Notary Public Fee Regulations shall be 50 yen.

Article 4. With reference to the application of Articles 13, 16, 17, 20 Paragraph 2, Articles 27 and 28 of the Notary Public Fee Regulations, the fees increased by the Present Ordinance shall be a standard.

Article 5. In case a fee gives rise to a fraction less than 10 sen, it shall be rounded off.

Article 6. The daily allowance and travelling expenses of Article 29 of the Notary Public Fee Regulations shall be-but the daily allowance shall be paid only when an official tour farther than 4 kilometres is made-as follows: Daily allowance: 18 yen, per day, but 12 yen, in case within 4 hours Railway and passage fare: Second class fare, but the upper fare, in case there are two classes required fare, in case there is no classification Cartage: 80 sen for every one kilometre Hotel charges: 40 yen per a night's lodging

Supplementary Provisions: The present Imperial Ordinance shall come into force as from June 1, 1946. The Imperial Ordinance providing Wartime Exceptions to the Notary Public Fee and others shall be abrogated.