I hereby give My Sanction to the Regulations governing the Organization of the Price Stabilization Committee and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This tenth day of the eighth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (August 10, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA, Shigeru Imperial Ordinance No. 383 Organization of the Price Stabilization Committee.

Article 1. The Price Stabilization Committee shall be subject to the superintendence by the Prime Minister, and investigate and consider the matters which belong to the competence of the Committee in accordance with the provisions of Article 24, of the Price Control Ordinance. The Price Stabilization Committee may propose to the Administrative Office concerned about the matters mentioned in the preceding paragraph.

Article 2. The Price Stabilization Committee shall be organized of the Central Price Stabilization Committee (hereinafter called the Central Committee) and the Local Price Stabilization Committee (hereinafter called the Local Committee). The Central Committee shall be instituted in the Cabinet. The Local Committee shall be instituted at every place designated by the Prime Minister and shall be called by the name designated by him.

Article 3. The Central Committee shall be organized of one president, one vice-president, and not more than thirty members of the Committee. In addition to the fixed members under the preceding paragraph, temporary members may be appointed, if it is deemed necessary.

Article 4. The post of the presidency of the Central Committee shall be held concurrently by the Director-General of the price Board. The vice-president, members and temporary members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Cabinet from among the 1st class officials of the governments offices concerned and learned and experienced persons in accordance with the Prime Minister's re-commendation to the Throne.

Article 5. The Local Committee shall be organized of one president and not more than thirty members of the Committee. In addition to the fixed members under the preceding paragraph, temporary members may be appointed, if it is deemed necessary.

Article 6. The president of the Local Committee shall be appointed by the Cabinet from among the 1st class officials of the government offices concerned and learned and experienced persons in accordance with the Prime Minister's recommendation to the Throne.

Article 7. The president shall preside over the business of the Committee. The vice-president shall assist the president, and act for the latter, in case any obstacle happens to the president. In case any obstacle happens to the president and vice-president, the members designated by the Prime Minister shall act for them.

Article 8. The Central Committee may set up the Special Committee in order to investigate the special matters concerned. Member of the Special Committee shall be appointed by the Cabinet from among learned and experienced persons in accordance with the Prime Minister's recommendation to the Throne.

Article 9. The Price Stabilization Committee shall set up the chairman and secretaries. The chairman and secretaries shall be appointed by the Cabinet from among the 1st class or 2nd class officials of the government offices concerned and learned and experienced persons in accordance with the Prime Minister's recommendation to the Throne. The chairman and secretaries shall have charge of investigating and planning about matters of the conferences in accordance with the order from higher officers.

Article 10. The Price Board shall have charge of the general affairs of the Committee.

Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.