I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments to be made to the Regulations governing the Official Organization of the Ministry of Communications and Others and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-sixth day of twelfth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (December 26, 1946)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi
Imperial Ordinance No. 616
Article 1. A part of the Regulations governing the official organization of the Ministry of Communications shall be amended as follows:
In Article 13, par. 1 "full time 10,798" shall read "full time 10,799" "full time 238" shall read "full time 239," and "full time 960" shall read "full time 961."
Article 2. A part of the Regulations governing the official organization of Communications Bureaus shall be amended as follows:
In Article 4, par. 1, "full time 3,711" shall read "full time 3,714," "full time 265" shall read "full time 333," and "full time 1,742" shall read "full time 1,755."
Article 3. A part of the Regulations governing the official organization of Communication Offices shall be amended as follows:
In Article 7, par. 1, "full time 271" shall read "full time 209," and "full time 5,532" shall read "full time 5,523."
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from January 1, 1947.