We hereby give Our sanction to the amendments of the Imperial Ordinance No. 634 of 1945 concerning the "Abrogation of Military service law etc., based on the Imperial Ordinance No. 542 of the same year, issued in consequence of the acceptance of Potsdam Declaration", and hereby cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: Hirohito, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-third day of the fifth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (23 May, 1946)
Countersigned: Shigeru Yoshida Prime Minister Minister of First Demobilization Department Minister of Second Demobilization Department
Imperial Ordinance No. 284
The Imperial Ordinance No. 634 of 1945 shall be revised as follows:
Section II of the Supplementary Provision shall be revised as follows:
As for the military service of those who have not yet been demobilized, the old regulations (excluding those relating to levy) shall be applied to them.
Supplementary Provision:
This Ordinance shall come into force as from the day designated to the Prime Minister.