I hereby give My Sanction, in conformity with the Imperial Ordinance No. 542 of the 20th year of Showa concerning the Orders to be issued in consequence of the acceptance of Potsdam Declaration, to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendment to the Ordinance No. 273 of the 21st year of Showa regarding the Special Instances of the Civil Jurisdiction, and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This tenth day of the tenth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (October 10, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro Imperial Ordinance No. 475 The following amendment shall be made to a part of the Imperial Ordinance No. 273 of 1946: Paragraph 2, Article 1, shall be deleted. Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.