I hereby give My sanction to the Law concerning the Partial Amendment to the Calamity Relief Fund 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 first day of the fourth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (April 1, 1947).
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
Minister for Home Affairs UEHARA Etsujiro
Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
Part of the Calamity Relief Fund Law shall be amended as follows:
In Art.1, 2 para.1, Art.7, and Art.15-(2), "Prefectures" shall read "Metropolis, Region and prefectures."
In Art.3, "prefectures" shall read "Metropolis and prefectures," and the following paragraph shall be added to the same Article:
The minimum amount to be saved for Calamity Relief Fund in Hokkaido shall be 1,000,000 yen.
In Art.15, Art.16, Art.17, Art.19, Art.20, and the Supplementary Rule para.2, "prefectures" shall read "Metropolis, Region and prefectures," "prefectural assembly" shall read "assembly of Metropolis, Region or prefectures" and "Home Minister and Finance Minister" shall read "Welfare Minister, Home Minister and Finance Minister."
Supplementary Provisions:
The present Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.
The Hokkaido Calamity Relief Fund Law shall be abolished.
The Calamity Relief Fund which has been saved under the Hokkaido Calamity Relief Fund Law shall be transferred to calamity relief fund saved under Calamity Relief Fund Law.