I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning "the Authorized Exceptions in regard to the Qualifications of the Elementary School Teacher and Teacher Nurse" 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 of Education TANAKA Kotaro
Imperial Ordinance No. 630
Those who have the elementary school teacher's or teacher nurse's certificate effective only in the territories outside Japan proper and those who have the qualification of the elementary school teacher or teacher nurse effective only in the territories outside Japan proper, shall henceforth be regarded, according to the regulations set up by the Minister of Education, as having the certificate of the elementary school teacher or teacher nurse granted in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 or 4, Article 18 of the Elementary School Ordinance.
The provision of the above paragraph shall, however, apply only to those who were in the position of elementary school teacher in the territories outside Japan proper until August 15, 1945 without a break or those elementary school teachers who were suspended from office and who have been repatriated since that date.
Supplementary Provision:
The present Imperial Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.