I hereby give My Sanction to the Ordinance for the Amendments of the Imperial Household Order No. 12 of the twenty-third year of Meiji and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor. This ninth day of the seventh month of the twenty-first year of Showa (July 9, 1946). Countersigned: Minister of Imperial Household Viscount MATSUDAIRA Yoshitami Imperial Household Ordinance No. 22 The following amendments are made to the Imperial Household Order No. 12: The terms "officials attached to the Imperial Princes" shall be deleted. Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force from the date of its promulgation.