I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendment of the Imperial Ordinance No. 312 (concerning the partial amendment of the Imperial Ordinance No. 101 of 1946) of 1946 under the Imperial Ordinance No. 542 of 1945 concerning the Orders to be issued in consequence of Our Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, and cause the same to be promulgated.