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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="ImperialOrder" Num="617" PromulgateDay="27" PromulgateMonth="12" Year="21">
  <PromulgateBody>
    <PromulgateStatement>I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments of Regulations governing the Organization of Tokyo Metropolitan Government and others and cause the same to be promulgated.</PromulgateStatement>
    <ImperialSignature>Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor</ImperialSignature>
    <ApprovalDate>This twenty-sixth day of the twelfth month of twenty-first year of Showa (December 26, 1946)</ApprovalDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Countersigned: Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister for Home Affairs</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>OMURA Seiichi</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Imperial Ordinance No. 617</LawNum>
  <LawBody>
    <LawTitle/>
    <MainProvision>
      <Article Num="1">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 1.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The following amendments shall be made to part of Regulations governing the Organization of Tokyo Metropolitan Government.</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1-(2), "not more than 496 (full-time)" shall read "not more than 497 (full-time)."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 9, "Seven Bureaus" shall read "eight Bureaus," and "Sanitary Bureau" shall read<QuoteStruct>
                  <List>
                    <ListSentence>
                      <Sentence>"Sanitary Bureau</Sentence>
                    </ListSentence>
                  </List>
                  <List>
                    <ListSentence>
                      <Sentence>Labour Bureau.</Sentence>
                    </ListSentence>
                  </List>
                </QuoteStruct>"</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 11, item 2 shall be deleted, and item 3 shall be made item 2.</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <NewProvision>
              <Article Num="16_3">
                <ArticleTitle>Article 16-(3),</ArticleTitle>
                <Paragraph Num="1">
                  <ParagraphNum/>
                  <ParagraphSentence>
                    <Sentence>Business relating to labour shall be transacted at Labour Bureau.</Sentence>
                  </ParagraphSentence>
                </Paragraph>
              </Article>
            </NewProvision>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
      <Article Num="2">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 2.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The following amendments shall be made to part of Regulations governing the Organization of Hokkaido Government.</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1-(2), "not more than 48 (full-time)" shall read "not more than 49 (full-time)."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 10, "Nine Divisions" shall read "Ten Divisions," and "Welfare Division" shall read<QuoteStruct>
                  <List>
                    <ListSentence>
                      <Sentence>"Welfare Division</Sentence>
                    </ListSentence>
                  </List>
                  <List>
                    <ListSentence>
                      <Sentence>Labour Division</Sentence>
                    </ListSentence>
                  </List>
                </QuoteStruct>."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>Item 2, paragraph 4 in Article 12 shall be deleted, item 3 being made item 2, and the following paragraph shall be added after paragraph 4.</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
            <NewProvision>
              <Paragraph>
                <ParagraphNum/>
                <ParagraphSentence>
                  <Sentence>Business relating to labour shall be transacted at Labour Division.</Sentence>
                </ParagraphSentence>
              </Paragraph>
            </NewProvision>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
      <Article Num="3">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 3.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The following amendments shall be made to part of Regulations governing the Organization of Prefectural Government.</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 2, "not more than 1,350 (full-time)" shall read "not more than 1,352 (full-time)," and "not more than 29,488 (full-time)" shall read "not more than 29,506 (full-time)."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 12, paragraph 2, "Labour Division" shall be added next to "Sanitary Division."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>The proviso of Article 14-(2) shall read as follows:</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
            <NewProvision>
              <Sentence>However, at Education and Welfare Division of the Prefectural Government where Sanitary Division is established, the business in item 1 to item 3 inclusive and item 5 to item 7 inclusive shall be transacted, and at Education and Welfare Division of the Prefectural Government where Labour Division is established, the business in item 1 to item 5 inclusive and in item 7 shall be transacted, and at Education and Welfare Division of the Prefectural Government where Sanitary Division and Labour Division are established the business in item 1 to item 3, item 5, and item 7 shall be transacted.</Sentence>
            </NewProvision>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>The proviso of paragraph 2 of Article 16, shall read as follows:</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
            <NewProvision>
              <Sentence>However, at Welfare Division of the Prefectural Government where Sanitary Division is established, the business in item 5 to item 7 of Article 14-(2) shall be transacted, and at Welfare Division of the Prefectural Government where Labour Division is established, the business in item 4, item 5 and item 7 of Article 14-(2) shall be transacted, and at Welfare Division of the Prefectural Government where Sanitary Division and Labour Division are established, the business in item 5 and item 7 of Article 14-(2) shall be transacted.</Sentence>
            </NewProvision>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>The following paragraph shall be added after paragraph 4 of the same Article.</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
            <NewProvision>
              <Paragraph>
                <ParagraphNum/>
                <ParagraphSentence>
                  <Sentence>Business related to labour is transacted at Labour Division.</Sentence>
                </ParagraphSentence>
              </Paragraph>
            </NewProvision>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
      <Article Num="4">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 4.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The following amendments shall be made to part of Regulations governing Temporary Establishment of Personnel in Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Hokkaido Government and Prefectural Governments.</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1, "full-time 56 Second Rank" shall read "full-time 68 Second Rank, one of whom may be First Rank," "full-time 20" shall read "full-time 21," and "full-time 689" shall read "full-time 705."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1-(3), "full-time 59" shall read "full-time 67," "full-time 145" shall read "full-time 146," and "full-time 2,308" shall read "full-time 2,319."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1-(4), paragraph 1, " full-time 1,117" shall read "full-time 1,251," " full-time 398" shall read "full-time 427," and "full-time 8,407" shall read "full-time 8,625."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
    </MainProvision>
    <SupplProvision>
      <SupplProvisionLabel>Supplementary Provision:</SupplProvisionLabel>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
      </Paragraph>
    </SupplProvision>
  </LawBody>
</Law>