I hereby give My sanction to the Law for the Total Number of Court Officials for which the concurrence of the Imperial Diet has been obtained and course the same to be promulgated. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This sixteenth day of the fourth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (April 16, 1947) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro Law No.64

Article 1. The number of judges of inferior courts shall be provided for as follows: Presidents of High Courts 8 Judges full time service 814 Assistant judges ,, 250 Judges of Summary Court ,, 645

Article 2. The number of teachers of the Judicial Research and Training Institute shall be provided for as follows: full time service 1 1st Class ,, 5 2nd ,,

Article 3. The number of research officials of court shall be provided for as full time service 20.

Article 4. The number of secretaries of court shall be provided for as follows: full time service 1 1st Class ,, 176 2nd ,, ,, 2,764 3rd ,,

Article 5. The number of technical officials of court shall be provided for as follows: full time service 1 2nd Class ,, 2 3rd ,,

Supplementary Provision: This Law shall come into force as from the day of the enforcement of the Court Organization Law.