I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments to be made to the Regulations governing the Organizations and Functions of Ministry for Home Affairs and others and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This eighteenth day of the tenth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (October 18, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister for Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi. Imperial Ordinance No. 482

Article 1. The following partial amendments shall be made to the Regulations governing the Organizations and Functions of Ministry for Home Affairs: In Article 3, "30, full-time" shall read "31, full-time" and "98, full-time" shall read "108, full-time."

Article 2. The following partial amendment shall be made to the Temporary Establishment of Personnel in the Ministry for Home Affairs. "60, full-time" shall read "62, full-time" and "762, full-time" shall read "772, full-time."

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