I hereby give My Sanction to Ordinance concerning the Government Organization of the Examination Committee of the propriety for Public Office and cause the same to be promulgated.
御名御璽
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
昭和二十一年六月二十九日
This twenty-ninth day of the sixth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (June 29, 1946).
內閣總理大臣 吉田茂
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
勅令第三百四十六號
Imperial Ordinance No. 346
公職適否審査委員會官制
The Imperial Ordinance concerning the organization of the Examination Committee of Investigating the Propriety of Personnels for Public Office:
Article 1. The Examination Committee of Investigating the Propriety of Personnels for Public Office (thereinafter called the Committee) shall be under the supervision of the Prime Minister, and by the request of the Prime Minister examine the careers and records and other items necessary for the application of the provisions of Item 1, Article 1 of Imperial Ordinance No. 109 of the twenty-first year of Showa (1946) of those persons who are to be designated in accordance with the above-mentioned provisions.
委員會は、審査の結果に基いて、內閣總理大臣に、意見を提出する。
The Committee shall report its opinion to the Prime Minister based on the result of the examination.
第二條 委員會は、委員長一人及び委員五人以內で、これを組織する。
Article 2. The Committee shall be organized by a Chairman and members numbering 5 or less than 5.
特別の事項を調査審議するため、必要あるときは、臨時委員を置くことができる。
For the investigation and consideration of special affairs, if necessary, temporary members of the Committee may be nominated.
第三條 委員長は、委員の互選の結果に基いて、內閣において、これを命ずる。
Article 3. The Chairman shall be nominated by the Cabinet, based on the result of the mutual vote of the members.
委員及び臨時委員は、內閣において、これを命ずる。
The members and the temporary members shall be nominated by the Cabinet.
Article 7. Each Ministry may organize by the decision of each Minister concerned an examination committee in regard to the investigation of the propriety of personnels for public office pertaining to the provisions set down in Art. 1 of the said Imperial Ordinance.
When a Ministerial Committee is organized in accordance with the provisions above-mentioned, the Minister concerned must submit reports on the organization, names of the organizing members and other important items to the Prime Minister.
附 則
Addition Provision:
この勅令は、公布の日から、これを施行する。
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.