I hereby give My Sanction, with the advice of the Privy Council and through the resolution of the House of Peers, to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the prolongation of the term of office of the members under Article 6, Items 3, 5 and 6 of the Regulations of the House of Peers and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This third day of the Seventh month of the twenty-first year of Showa (July 3, 1946).
Countersigned: Prime Minister and concurrently Minister of Foreign Affairs 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 Communication HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi
Minister of Commerce and Industry HOSHIJIMA Niro
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
Minister of State UEHARA Etsujiro
Minister of Transportation HIRATSUKA Tsunejiro
Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
Minister of State KANAMORI Tokujiro
Imperial Ordinance No. 351