I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Partial amendments of the Regulations governing the Prison Organization, and cause the same to be promulgated.
御名御璽
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
昭和二十一年七月二十四日
This twenty-fourth day of the seventh month of the twenty-first year of Showa (July 24, 1946)
內閣總理大臣 吉田茂
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
司法大臣 木村篤太郞
Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro
勅令三百六十四號
Imperial Ordinance No. 364
監獄官制の一部を次のやうに改正する。
The following amendments shall be made to a part of the Regulations governing the Prison Organization:
In Article 7, "appoint Vice-Warden" shall read "appoint Vice-Warden. Warden shall be appointed from among the secretaries of Ministry of Justice of Second Class or Third Class, and Vice-Warden."
別表中水戶刑務所の項及び奈良刑務所の項を削る。
In the annexed list, the paragraphs of Mito Prison and Nara Prison shall be deleted.
附 則
Supplementary Provision:
この勅令は、昭和二十一年八月一日から、これを施行する。
This Ordinance shall come into force as from August 1, 1946.