I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance which determines the date of the enforcement of the Special Account Law for the Extraordinary Measures for the Establishment of Property Owning Farmers, and cause the same Law to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (December 27, 1946) Countersigned Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Agriculture and Forestry WADA Hiroo Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Imperial Ordinance No. 622 The Imperial Ordinance regarding the Special Account Law for the Extraordinary Measures for the Establishment of Property Owning Farmers shall be made into force from the day of 29th of December 1946.