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 The Law No. 31 of 1946, shall come into force as from November 1st, 1946.