I hereby give My Sanction, in conformity with the Imperial Ordinance No. 542 of the 20th year of Showa (1945) concerning the Orders to be issued in consequence of the acceptance of Potsdam Declaration, to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the abolition of the Regulations of Military Electric Communications, etc., and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-first day of the eleventh month of the twenty-first year of Showa (November 21, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Imperial Ordinance No. 564 The following Laws and Imperial Ordinances are abolished: The Regulations of Military Electric Communications. The Law of Summary Decision of Crimes committed by the Military Men and the Civilians attached to the Army. The Law of Criminal Liaison Method. The Law No. 27, 1890. The Law No. 70, 1890. The Imperial Ordinance No. 19, 1904. The Law No. 17, 1908. Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.