I hereby give My sanction to the Law concerning the partial amendments of Mail 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 twenty-eighth day of the third month of the twenty-second year of Showa (March 28, 1947) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi Law No.24 Part of the Mail Law shall be amended as follows: Paragraph 1 of Article 18 shall be amended as follows: The classification and postage rates of ordinary mail matters are as follows:Postage rates, however, may be reduced as provided for by ordinance. 1st class mail matter Letters Each 20 grams \1.20 2nd class mail matter Post cards Single post card \0.50 Post card with reply paid Letter card 1.00 1.20 3rd class mail matter Periodicals to be published more than once a month Each 100 grams or fraction thereof \0.50 4th class mail matter Books, Printed matter, commercial papers, photographs, writings, pictures, drawings, samples or patterns of merchandise, natural history specimens Each 100 grams or fraction thereof \1.20 5th class mail matter Agricultural seeds Each 100 grams or fraction thereof \0.15 Supplementary Provision: The present Law shall come into force as from April 1, 1947.