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
The following amendment shall be made to the Supplement to the Imperial House Law:
Article 1.
A Naishinno, O or Jo-o may, by Imperial Order or on petition,be caused to assume the status of a subject.