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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="ImperialOrder" Num="401" PromulgateDay="31" PromulgateMonth="8" Year="21">
  <PromulgateBody>
    <PromulgateStatement>I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments of the Ordinance concerning the Census of Index Number Materials of Living Cost, etc. and cause the same to be promulgated.</PromulgateStatement>
    <ImperialSignature>Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor</ImperialSignature>
    <ApprovalDate>This thirtieth day of the eighth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (August 30, 1946)</ApprovalDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Countersigned: Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Imperial Ordinance No. 401</LawNum>
  <LawBody>
    <LawTitle/>
    <MainProvision>
      <Article Num="1">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 1.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The following Amendments are made to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Census of Index Number Materials of Living Cost:</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Paragraph 2 of Article 2, "in the areas mentioned in Item 1 of Article 3" and ", in the areas mentioned in Item 2 of the same article, as of Wednesday every week" shall be deleted.</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>Paragraph 1 of Article 3 shall be amended as follows:</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
            <NewProvision>
              <Paragraph>
                <ParagraphNum/>
                <ParagraphSentence>
                  <Sentence>The Census of Index Number Materials of Living Cost shall be carried out in the following areas:</Sentence>
                </ParagraphSentence>
                <Item Num="1">
                  <ItemTitle>1.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Sapporo-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="2">
                  <ItemTitle>2.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Sendai-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="3">
                  <ItemTitle>3.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Yamagata-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="4">
                  <ItemTitle>4.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Koriyama-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="5">
                  <ItemTitle>5.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Maebashi-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="6">
                  <ItemTitle>6.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>In the ward areas of Tokyo-to</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="7">
                  <ItemTitle>7.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Yokohama-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="8">
                  <ItemTitle>8.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Niigata-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="9">
                  <ItemTitle>9.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Kanagawa-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="10">
                  <ItemTitle>10.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Matsumoto-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="11">
                  <ItemTitle>11.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Hamamatsu-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="12">
                  <ItemTitle>12.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Nagoya-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="13">
                  <ItemTitle>13.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Kyoto-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="14">
                  <ItemTitle>14.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Osaka-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="15">
                  <ItemTitle>15.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Kobe-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="16">
                  <ItemTitle>16.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Tottori-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="17">
                  <ItemTitle>17.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Okayama-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="18">
                  <ItemTitle>18.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Hiroshima-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="19">
                  <ItemTitle>19.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Tokushima-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="20">
                  <ItemTitle>20.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Imaharu-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="21">
                  <ItemTitle>21.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Yahata-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="22">
                  <ItemTitle>22.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Nagasaki-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="23">
                  <ItemTitle>23.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Kumamoto-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
                <Item Num="24">
                  <ItemTitle>24.</ItemTitle>
                  <ItemSentence>
                    <Sentence>Nobeoka-shi</Sentence>
                  </ItemSentence>
                </Item>
              </Paragraph>
            </NewProvision>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Paragraph 1 of Article 13, "in the areas mentioned in Item 1 of Article 3," and Paragraph 2 of the same article shall be deleted.</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
      <Article Num="2">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 2.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The following amendments are made to the Ordinance for Labor Census.</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Paragraph 2 of Article 1, "Monthly Labor Census and Weekly Labor Census" shall read "and Monthly Labor Census."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 4, "Article 29 or 30, or Article 37 or 38" shall read "or Article 29 or 30."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence/>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
    </MainProvision>
    <SupplProvision>
      <SupplProvisionLabel>Supplementary Provision:</SupplProvisionLabel>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
      </Paragraph>
    </SupplProvision>
  </LawBody>
</Law>