I hereby give My Sanction to the Regulations governing the Establishment of the Imperial Palace Police Department in the Metropolitan Police Board and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-eighth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (December 28, 1946)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister for Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi
Imperial Ordinance No. 628
Regulations governing the Establishment of the Imperial Palace Police Department in the Metropolitan Police Board
Article 1. In order to deal with matters relative to the guard and fire-prevention at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Akasaka Detached Palace, Aoyama Palace, Imperial Palace in Kyoto and places of Imperial visits which are designated by the Home Minister a department to be known as the "Imperial Palace Police Department" shall be established in the Metropolitan Police Board.
Article 2. The under-mentioned Personnel shall be posted in the Metropolitan Police Board and they will be attached to the Imperial Palace Police Department.
Chief of Imperial Palace Police Department
Imperial Palace Guard Officials
Full-time 7 persons 2nd class Full-time 771 persons 3rd class
Article 3. The Imperial Palace Guard Officials shall deal with the guard and fire-prevention stated in Article 1.
Article 4. With regard to the matters for the Imperial Palace Police Dept. which are directly connected with the competent duties of the Imperial Household Minister, the Home Minister shall discuss them in advance with the Imperial Household Minister.
Article 5. To the post of Chief of the Imperial Palace Police Dept. an Imperial Palace Guard Official of 2nd class shall be appointed. He shall, under the command of the Director of the Metropolitan Police Board, control all the matters of the department and command and supervise subordinate officials under him.
Article 6. Six Imperial Palace Chief Inspectors shall be posted in the Metropolitan Police Board, and to the said posts Imperial Palace Guard Officials of 2nd class shall be appointed.
An Imperial Palace Chief Inspector shall, under the command of his superior, deal with the guard and fire-prevention matters and command and supervise Imperial Palace Inspectors, Imperial Palace Assistant Inspectors and Imperial Palace Guards. An Imperial Palace Chief Inspector, Imperial Palace Guard Official of 2nd class to whom the Ministerial Staff Treatment Rules are applied, shall be treated as being outside the authorized strength for Imperial Palace Chief Inspectors as defined in item 1 but as being within the authorized strength for Imperial Palace Inspectors as defined in item 1, Article 7.
Twenty Imperial Palace Inspectors shall be posted in the Metropolitan Police Board, and to the said posts Imperial Palace Guard Officials of 3rd class shall be appointed.
An Imperial Palace Inspector shall, under the command of his superior, deal with matters relative to the guard and fire-prevention and command and supervise Imperial Palace Assistant Inspectors and Imperial Palace Guards under him. Article 8.
Thirty-five Imperial Palace Assistant Inspectors shall be posted in the Metropolitan Police Board, and to the said posts. Imperial Palace Guard Officials of 3rd class shall be appointed.
An Imperial Palace Assistant Inspector shall under the command of his superior, engaged in the matters relative to the guard and fire-prevention and command and supervise the Imperial Palace Guards under him. Article 9.
Seven hundred and sixteen Imperial Palace Guards shall be posted in the Metropolitan Police Board, and to the said posts. Imperial Palace Guard Officials of 3rd class shall be appointed.
Regulations governing the Imperial Palace Guards shall, unless otherwise provided, be laid down by the Home Minister. Article 10.
In order to handle a part of the duties for the Imperial Palace Police Dept., a detachment thereof may be established when required. Location, name and precinct thereof, shall be defined by the Director of the Metropolitan Police Board.
To the post of the Chief of a detachment, an Imperial Palace Guard Official with the rank of the Imperial Palace Chief Inspector shall be appointed. He shall, under the command of his superior, deal with competent duties and command and supervise officials under him. Supplementary Provisions:
The present Imperial Ordinance shall be enforced as from January 1st, (1947)
Those who are in the actual service of the Imperial Palace Guard at the time of this Imperial Ordinance being enforced, shall, in case when no particular letters of appointment be issued, be appointed as Imperial Palace Guard Officials; those of the 2nd grade to the 2nd class and those of the 3rd grade to the 3rd class, and then shall receive the scale of pay equivalent to the present one. However, application of the rules governing the appointment of government-officials and qualification for official grades shall not be prevented.
As in the preceding item, when there is no equivalent scale of pay to the sum which the personnel as defined in the same item actually receives, they may receive the same sum of pay as they have received heretofore.
A part of the "Ordinance concerning the Shinninkan official and various other official gradation" shall be amended to read as follows:
In the list showing the Shinninkan official and various other official gradation, next to the item of the Local Administration Bureau and part of To, Do, Fu & Ken prefectures, the following item shall be added:
The uniform and attire rules for the Chief of the Imperial Palace Police Dept., Imperial Palace Chief Inspector, Imperial Palace Inspector, Imperial Palace Assistant Inspector and Imperial Palace Guards, who are Imperial Palace Guard Officials shall, for the time being, be same as the former uniform and attire rules for the Officer in Charge of the Imperial Palace Guards, Imperial Palace Chief Inspector, Imperial Palace Inspector, Imperial Palace Assistant Inspector and Imperial Palace Guards.
A part of the "Ordinance concerning the Police Mutual-aid Association" shall be amended to read as follows:
In Article 1, underneath the "Chief Inspector," "Imperial Palace Chief Inspector" shall be added, underneath the "Inspector," "Imperial Palace Inspector" next the "Assistant Inspector," "Imperial Palace Assistant Inspector," and next to the "constable," "Imperial Palace Guards."
In paragraph 2 of Article 1, next to the "Chief Inspector," "Imperial Palace Chief Inspector" shall be added, underneath the "Inspector," "Imperial Palace Inspector" and next to the "Assistant Inspector" "Imperial Palace Assistant-Inspector."
The following item shall be added to Article 2 as item 1.
The government shall supply the Association yearly a sum of money equivalent to two hundredths of the total amount of the pay to the Imperial Palace Guards who are members of the Association.