I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendment to the Regulations governing the Official Organization of the Ministry of Finance and Others and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This thirteenth day of the ninth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (September 13, 1946)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
Imperial Ordinance No. 431
Article 1. A part of the Ordinance regarding the Regulations governing the official organization of the Ministry of Finance shall be amended as follows:
In Article 9, Paragraph 1, regarding the number of secretaries of the Ministry of Finance, "44 full-time" shall read "63 full-time"; "232 full-time" shall read "296 full-time" and in the same Paragraph, regarding the number of technical officials of the Ministry of Finance, "7 full-time" shall read "8 full-time"; and "18 full-time" shall read "14 full-time".
Article 2. A part of the Ordinance regarding the appointment of the temporary personnel of the Ministry of Finance shall be amended as follows:
In Article 1, regarding the number of secretaries of the Ministry of Finance, "85 full-time" shall read "76 full-time"; "258 full-time" shall read "199 full-time"; and in the same Article, regarding the number of techical officials of the Ministry of Finance, "9 full-time" shall read "8 full-time"; and "4 full-time" shall read "3 full-time".
Article 3. A part of the Ordinance regarding the Regulations governing the official organization of the Regional Financial Bureau shall be amended as follows:
In Article 3, regarding the number of secretaries of the Ministry of Finance, "767 full-time" shall read "808 full-time".
Article 4. A part of the Ordinance regarding the Regulations governing the official organization of the taxation office shall be amended as follows:
In Aritcle 2, regarding the number of secretaries of the Ministry of Finance, "339 full-time" shall read "438 full-time"; and "8711 full-time" shall read "9373 full-time".
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.