I hereby give My sanction with the advice of the Privy Council to Law on the Exception to the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the Account Law, for which the concurrence of the Imperial Diet has been obtained, and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twentieth day of the second month of the twenty-second year of Showa (February 20, 1947)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minihter of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzad