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.
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: Minister of Imperial Household Viscount MATSUDAIRA Yoshitamij
Prime Minister and concurrently Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of State Baron SHIDEHARA Kijuro
Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro
Minister for Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi
Minister of Education TANAKA Kotaro
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry WADA Hiroo
Minister of State SAITO Takao
Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi
Minister of Commerce and Industry HOSHIJIMA Niro
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
Minister of State UEHARA Etsujiro
Minister of Transportation HIRATSUKA Tsunejiro
Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
Minister of State KANAMORI Tokujiro
Minister of State ZEN Keinosuke