I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments to the Ordinance for Labour Census and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-ninth day of the sixth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (June 29, 1946). Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Imperial Ordinance No. 347 The following amendments shall be made to part of the Ordinance for Labour Census. In Par. 3, Art. 2, Items from 9 to 11 shall be amended as follows: 9 Establishments the business of which is transportation within sea port (Sea-port transportation establishments). 10 Establishments the business of which is communication (Communication establishments). Item 2, Par. 4, of the same Art., shall be amended as follows: 2 Establishments the business of which is other than manufacturing industry, construction and civil engineering, mining and quarries, transportation and communication—excepting farming and fishing households. (Other industrial establishments). In Par. 6, of the same Art., "Ship Ordinance of Korea or Ship Registration Ordinance of Kwantung Province" shall be deleted. In Par. 7 the same Art., shall be deleted. In Art. 3, "or householder" shall be deleted and "or office which uses a ship or more or household" shall read "or office which uses a ship or more." In Art. 8, Item 6 shall be deleted and "ship or household" shall read "or ship." In Art. 9, "ship or household" shall read "or ship," and "other matters about labour" shall read "other matters in connection with labour." In Art. 10, "office or household which uses a ship or more" shall read "or office which uses a ship or more." In Art. 11, "business owner of office or householder which uses a ship or more" shall read "or business owner of office which uses a ship or more." In Art. 12 and 15, "(In Karafuto, including mines) and household" shall be deleted. In Art. 16, "(In Karafuto, including mines) and household" and "(except those in Karafuto)" shall be deleted and "office and household which use a ship or more" shall read "and office which uses a ship or more."

Art. 19 Supervisors shall be appointed annually by the Cabinet by recommendation of Local Governor, Director of Local Board of Commerce and Industry or Director of Local Board of Marine Transportation.

In Art. 26, Item 9 shall read as follows: 9 Sea-port transportation establishments. Supplementary Provisions: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. The Annual Labour Census of 1946 shall be taken as of the end of July notwithstanding the provision of Art. 7, Par. 1.