I hereby give My Sanction to the Enforcement Ordinance concerning the Abolition of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Law and cause the same to be promulgated:
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This second day of the tenth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (October 2, 1946)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Commerce and Industry HOSHIJIMA Niro
Imperial Ordinance No. 459
Enforcement Ordinance of the Law concerning the Abolition of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Law.
Article 1. The registration as defined under the present Imperial Ordinance shall be made by being entered into the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Register book as specified in the provision of Para. 2 of Art. 7 of Enforcement Ordinance of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Law.
Article 2. The liquidator shall be required to register his own name, address, the cause and the date of the dissolution within three weeks after the day of the said dissolution.
If an alteration occurs in the matters stated in the preceding paragraph it is necessary to make the registration of the alteration within two weeks.
Article 3. When the liquidation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry was concluded, it is necessary to make the registration of the conclusion of the liquidation within two weeks.
Article 4. The Court shall be required to make public the registered matters immediately after the registration.
Article 5. The registration under the provisions of Para. 2 of Art. 2 and the registration of the conclusion of the liquidation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry shall be made by the application of the liquidator.
The written application of the registration under the provision of Para. 2 of Art. 2, shall be attached with the document showing the cause of the registration.
Article 6. The provisions of Arts. 142 to 150 inclusive Art. 151 to 151 (4) inclusive, Art. 151 (6), Arts. 154, 156 and 157, of Non-Litigant Procedural Law, shall apply mututis mutandis to the registration of the dissolution and liquidation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Article 7. The liquidator shall, after providing for the method of the disposal of the property, obtain the approval of the Court.
Article 8. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry may assess and collect the amount of money necessary to discharge fully its liabilities undergoing the approval of the Court even after the dissolution thereof.
In case there are any persons who have arrears of the assessment to pay as set forth in the provision of the preceding paragraph, this matter shall, if claimed by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, be disposed of by the authorities of the Tokyo Metropolis, cities, towns and villages in accordance with the instances of the Metropolis tax or the taxes of cities, towns and villages. In this case the Chamber of Commerce and Industry shall transfer four per cent of the collected amount to the authorities of the Tokyo Metropolis or cities, towns and villages.
What is termed towns and villages in the preceding paragraph shall be applied to those similar to the said public entities in the places where no organization of towns and villages is enforced.
The order in the right of priority of the amount to be collected under the provisions of Para. 1 shall be next to that of the amount to be collected by cities, towns and villages and any other public entities similar thereto and its prescription shall be subject to the instances of the taxes of cities, towns and villages.
Article 9. The provisions of Art. 73, the text of Art. 74, Arts. 75, 76, 78 to 83 inclusive of the Civil Code, Art. 35, Para. 2, Arts. 36 to 37 (2) inclusive of the Non-Litigant Procedural Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the liquidation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Supplementary Provisions:
The present Imperial Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of the enforcement of the Law No. 23 of 1946.
The Enforcement Ordinance of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Law shall be abrogated.