I hereby give My Sanction to the Regulations governing the Organization of the Local System Inquiry Commission and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This fourth day of the tenth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (October 4, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister for Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi Imperial Ordinance No. 472 Local System Inquiry Commission

Article 1. The Local System Inquiry Commission shall, under the jurisdiction of the Minister for Home Affairs and at his request, investigate and deliberate on matters relating to local administration.

Article 2. The Commission shall be composed of commissioners less than 50 in number. Temporary commissioners may be appointed, if necessary for investigation and deliberation of special matters.

Article 3. Commissioners and Temporary Commissioners shall be appointed by the Cabinet upon the recommendation of the Minister for Home Affairs.

Article 4. There shall be a President and a Vice-President in the Commission, to be chosen by mutual election from among the Commissioners.

Article 5. The President shall preside over the affairs of the commission. The Vice-President shall assist the President; and in case of the latter's inability to perform his function, shall act in his place.

Article 6. The President may set up in the Commission such Divisions as are required, and allocate the affairs to them. Each Division shall have a Director, who is nominated by the President from among the Commissioners. The members for each Division shall be nominated by the President.

Article 7. There shall be secretaries in the commission, to be appointed by the Cabinet upon the recommendation of the Minister for Home Affairs. The secretaries shall under the direction of their superiors dispose of miscellaneous affairs.

Article 8. There shall be clerks in the Commission, to be appointed by the Minister for Home Affairs. The clerks shall under the direction of their superiors take charge of miscellaneous affairs.

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