I hereby give, with the advice of the Imperial Family Council and that of the Privy Council, My Sanction to the Law regarding an amendment of the Supplement to the Imperial House Law, and cause the same to be promulgated.
御名御璽
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
昭和二十一年十二月二十七日
This twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (December 27, 1946)
宮內大臣 子爵 松平慶民
Countersigned: Minister of Imperial Household Viscount MATSUDAIRA Yoshitamij
內閣總理大臣兼外務大臣 吉田茂
Prime Minister and concurrently Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru
國務大臣 男爵 幣原喜重郞
Minister of State Baron SHIDEHARA Kijuro
司法大臣 木村篤太郞
Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro
內務大臣 大村淸一
Minister for Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi
文部大臣 田中耕太郞
Minister of Education TANAKA Kotaro
農林大臣 和田博雄
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry WADA Hiroo
國務大臣 齋藤隆夫
Minister of State SAITO Takao
遞信大臣 一松定吉
Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi
商工大臣 星島二郞
Minister of Commerce and Industry HOSHIJIMA Niro
厚生大臣 河合良成
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
國務大臣 植原悅二郞
Minister of State UEHARA Etsujiro
運輸大臣 平塚常次郞
Minister of Transportation HIRATSUKA Tsunejiro
大藏大臣 石橋湛山
Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
國務大臣 金森德次郞
Minister of State KANAMORI Tokujiro
國務大臣 膳桂之助
Minister of State ZEN Keinosuke
皇室典範增補中左ノ通改正ス
The following amendment shall be made to the Supplement to the Imperial House Law:
第一條 內親王王女王ハ勅旨又ハ情願ニ依リ臣籍ニ入ラシムルコトアルヘシ
Article 1. A Naishinno, O or Jo-o may, by Imperial Order or on petition,be caused to assume the status of a subject.