I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments to be made to the Imperial Ordinance No. 277 of 1946 relating to the Exceptions to the Penal Regulations, etc. of the Customs Law, promulgated under the Imperial Ordinance No. 542 of 1945 concerning Orders to be issued in consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-sixth day of the eleventh month of the twenty-first year of Showa (November 26, 1946)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
Imperial Ordinance No. 576
Part of the Imperial Ordinance No. 277 of 1946 shall be amended as follows:
In Article 11, "Articles 98-101" shall read "Articles 99-101" and "and Articles 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the Wartime Emergency Measures relating to the Customs Law" shall be deleted
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.