I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the date of enforcement of the Special Composition Law and cause the same to be promulgated.
Sigued: 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 YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro
Imperial Ordinance No. 505
The Special Composition Law shall come into force as from November 1, 1946.