I hereby give My Sanction with the advice of the Privy Council to the abrogation of the Regulations governing the Organization of the First Demobilization Department and others, and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This fourteenth day of the sixth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (June 14, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister and concurrently Minister of the Foreign Affairs, Minister of First Demobilization, Minister of Second Demobilization YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of State Baron SHIDEHARA Kijuro Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro Minister of Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi Minister of Education TANAKA Kotaro Minister of Agriculture and Forestry WADA Hiroo Minister of State SAITO Takao Minister of State HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi Minister of Commerce and Industry HOSHIJIMA Jiro Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari Minister of State UEHARA Etsujiro Minister of Transportation HIRATSUKA Tsunejiro Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Imperial Ordinance No. 314

1. The following Ordinances shall be deleted: The Regulations governing the Organization of the 1st Demob. Department. The Regulations governing the Organization of the 2nd Demob. Department. The Naval Disciplinary Regulations Imperial Ordiance No. 82, 1898. ,, 315, 1908 ,, 121, 1943 ,, 686, 1945

2. A part of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Cabinet shall be amended as follows:

Art. 7 is deleted.

Supplementary Provisions: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. For those who are serving in the Army or Navy and not yet demobilized, the Naval Disciplinary Regulations, Imperial Ordinance No. 315, issued in 1908 and Imperial Ordinance No. 121, issued in 1943 shall remain effective even after the promulgation, unless they are demobilized, provided that "1st Demobilization Minister" in the Imperial Ordinance No. 121, issued in 1943, however, shall read "Prime Minister." "Military officer of high rank" in Paragraph 2 of the Supplementary Provision to the Imperial Ordinance No. 193, issued in 1946, shall read "high officer who are not yet demobilized."