I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments to the Regulations governing the Organization of the Welfare Ministry etc. and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-sixth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (December 26, 1946)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
Imperial Ordinance No. 615
Article 1. The following amendments shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Welfare Ministry.
In Article 10, Secretary of Welfare Ministry, "Regular Officials 249" shall read "Regular Officials 246," and "Regular Officials 854" shall read "Regular Officials 844."
Article 2. The following amendments shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the establishment of temporal staff in the Welfare Division.
In Article 1, "Health Bureau" shall read "Public Health Preservation Bureau, Medical Affairs Bureau and Infectious Diseases Prevention Bureau."
In Article 2, paragraph 1, "Health Bureau" shall read "Medical Affairs Bureau."
Article 3. The following staff shall be appointed in the Welfare Ministry and attached to Social Bureau in order to let them engage in the business pertaining to Social Work as well as the protection of national livelihood:
Secretaries of Welfare Ministry
Regular Officials 2 2nd Class
Regular Officials 8 3rd Class
In Article 4, paragraph 1, Secretary of Welfare Ministry, "
" shall read "
"In the Technical Official of Welfare Ministry, "
" shall read "
."
Article 6. The following staff shall be appointed in the Welfare Ministry and attached to Insurance Bureau in order to let them engage in the business pertaining to Social Insurance.
Secretary of Welfare Ministry
Regular Official 1 2nd Class
Technical Official of Welfare Ministry
Regular Official 1 2nd Class
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.