I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments of the Regulations governing the Provisional Establishment of Judicial Officials, and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This eighteenth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (December 18, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro Imperial Ordinance No. 610 The following amendments shall be made to par of the Regulations governing the Provisional Establishment of Judicial Officials: In Article 1, "37 Persons (full time)" shall read "38 Persons (full time)," and "59 Persons (full time)" shall read "61 Persons (full time)." Supplementary Provision: The present Imperial Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.