I hereby give my sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments of the Uniform System of the Officials of the Maritime Bureau and others and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: Hirohito, Seal of the Emperor
This thirty-first day of the fifth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (31 May 1946)
Countersigned: Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru
Minister of Finance Ishibashi Tanzan
Minister of Transportation Hiratsuka Tsunejiro
Imperial Ordinance No. 297
Art. 1. A part of the Uniform System of the Officials of the Maritime Bureau shall be amended as follows:
The title of the Regulation shall be "The Uniform System of the Customs Officials and Officials of Maritime Bureau."
The clause reading "The uniform of the officials of Maritime Bureau who are engaging in the duties referred to in No. 5-No. 13 of the first paragraph of Art. 1 of the Organization of Maritime Bureau shall be as per separate illustrations," shall read "The uniform of the customs officials and officials of Maritime Bureau who are engaging in the duties referred to in No. 5 to No. 7 items of the first paragraph of Art. 1 of the Organization of the Maritime Bureau shall be as per separate illustrations."
Of the separate illustration, the title "Uniform Table of Maritime Bureau Officials" shall be replaced to read "Uniform Table of Customs and Maritime Bureau Officials."
The denomination shall be as follows:
Denomination |
1st & 2nd Class Officials { 1st class officials |
2nd class officials |
3rd Class Officials |
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{ officials receiving No. 26 salary or |
more officials receiving No. 27 salary or less. |
Of the illustrations, the following phrases shall be replaced by corresponding phrases respectively:Chokunin Official or equivalent by First class official Sonin rank official or equivalent by Second class official Hannin second rank official or equivalen & up by Third class, No. 26 salaried afficial & up Hannin 3rd rank official or equivalent or lower by Third class, No. 27 salaried official or lower Kotokan rank or equivalent by First and second class official Hannin rank or equivalent by Third class official
Art. 2. A part of the ordinance relative to allowances for hard working shall be amended as follows;
The words "Maritime Bureau" in No. 2 item of Art. 1-2 shall read "Customs."
Art. 3. A part of the Imperial Ordinance No. 245, 1944 shall be amended as follows:
In Art. 1, the clause "The Maritime Bureau, for the purpose of performing the duties provided for in No. 5 to No. 10 of the first paragraph of Art. 1, of the Articles of Organization of the Maritime Bureau" shall read "Customs."
Supplementary provisions:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.
The first class officials receiving a monthly salary of \85.00 shall be treated as the officials receiving salary No. 26 in case of the Uniform System of Customs and Maritime Bureau Officials being applied.