I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendment of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Price Board, and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This thirty-first day of the tenth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (October 31, 1946)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Imperial Ordinance No. 509
A part of the Regulation governing the Organization of the Price Board shall be amended as follows:
In Art. 2."
1st class officials (full service) 3 persons
2nd class officials ( ,, ) 79 persons
3rd class officials ( ,, ) 129 persons"
shall read
"1st class officials (full service) 5 persons
2nd class officials ( ,, ) 163 persons
3rd class officials ( ,, ) 281 persons
."
In Art. 3. "three Divisions" shall read "Five Divisions."
Supplementary provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.