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.