I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance for fixing the enforcement date of the Law No. 31 of 1946 concerning the partial amendment of the Pensions Law, and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This thirtieth day of the tenth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (October 30, 1946)
Countersigned: Prime Minister and concurrently Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of State Baron SHIDEHARA Kijuro
Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro
Minister for Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi
Minister of Education TANAKA Kotaro
Minister of Agriculture and Forstry WADA Hiroo
Minister of State SAITO Takao
Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi
Minister of Commerce and Industry HOSHIJIMA Niro
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
Minister of State UEHARA Etsujiro
Minister of Transportation HIRATSUKA Tsunejiro
Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
Minister of State KANAMORI Tokujiro
Minister of State ZEN Keinosuke
Imperial Ordinance No. 503