I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Application of the "Policeman's Pay Rule" and others to the Imperial Palace Assistant Inspectors and Imperial Palace Guards, 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. 629 Policeman's Pay Rule, Policeman's Supplied & Lent Goods Rule, Police Bonus Regulations and Rules concerning Supply of Medical Expenses, Subsidy & Grant for Cendelence to Policemen & Warders shall apply correspondingly to the Imperial Palace Assistant Inspectors and Imperial Palace Guards; provided, however, that in item 1, Article 1 of the Policeman's Supplied & Lent Goods Rule, " white shirt, Neck-tie " shall read "Collar"; in item 1, Article 2 of the same rule, " rank insignia, rising-sun insignia " shall read " shoulder insignia, collar insignia"; in item 1, Article 3, "white shirt and Neck-tie" shall read "collars"; and in Article 4 of the same rule, " 2 suits of white shirt -12 months 2 neck-ties -12 months " shall read "4 collars-4 months." Supplementary Provision: The present Imperial Ordinance shall come into force as from January 1, 1947.