I hereby give My Sanction to the Ordinance regarding the application with due modifications of the War Indemnity Special Measures Law and its related regulations to the disposal of war indemnity claims of the Imperial Household Properties, and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This tenth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (December 10, 1946)
Countersigned: Minister of Imperial Household Viscount MATSUDAIRA Yoshitami
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
Imperial Household Ordinance No. 26
Article 1. The War Indemnity Special Measures Law and its related regulations shall apply with due modifications to the disposal of war indemnity claims of the Imperial Household Properties in accordance with the provisions relating to properties of individuals in Article 1 of the War Indemnity Special Measures Law, provided that tax shall be collected at the imperial Household Ministry.
Article 2. The Indemnity Special Measures Law and its related regulations shall apply to the Imperial Princes and Princesses and the Princes and Princesses of the Main and Branch Houses of Prince Ri.
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance is retrospective to October 30, 1946.