I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance fixing the date of enforcement of the Livelihood Protection Law and cause the same to be promulgated.
御名御璽
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
昭和二十一年九月十九日
This nineteenth day of the ninth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (September 19, 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
內務大臣 大村淸一
Minister for Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi
厚生大臣 河合良成
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
大藏大臣 石橋湛山
Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
勅令第四百三十七號
Imperial Ordinance No. 437
生活保護法は、昭和二十一年十月一日から、これを施行する。
The Livelihood Protection Law shall come into force as from October 1, 1946.