I hereby give My sanction to the Diet Secretariat 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 fourth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (April 28, 1947) Countersigned: Prime Minister and concurrently Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of State Baron SHIDEHARA Kijuro Minister of Iustice KIMURA Tokutaro Minister of State SAITO Takao Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi Minister of State HOSHIJIMA Niro Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari Minister for Home Affairs UEHARA Etsujiro Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Minister of State KANAMORI Tokujiro Minister of Transportation MASUDA Kaneshichi Minister of Commerce and Industry ISHII Mitsujiro Minister of Education TAKAHASHI Seiichiro Minister of Aguriculture and Forestry KIMURA Kozaemon Minister of State TANAKA Man'itsu Minister of State TAKASE Sotaro Law No.83 THE DIET SECRETARIAT LAW

Article 1. The House of Representatives and the House of Councillors shall each have its own Secretariat with officials as follows: 1. Secretary-General (Jimu-Socho) 2. Secretaries (Sanji) 3. Assistant-Secretaries (Fuku-Sanji) 4. Clerks (Shuji) 5. Standing Committee Qualified Specialists 6. Standing Committee Clerks The number of officials of each Secretariat shall be fixed by its House.

Article 2. The Secretary-General shall, under the direction of the President of the House, supervise all the affairs relating to the Secretariat, and direct and control the officials belonging to him.

Article 3. There shall be instituted Divisions and Sections in each Secretariat to transact the business. The allotment of business to Divisions and Sections, the establishment of Sections under Divisions and the assignment of officials to them shall be made by the Secretary-General.

Article 4. Each Secretariat shall have an Assistant Secretary-General, whom the Secretary-General shall appoint with the approval of the President of the House from among the Secretaries. The Assistant Secretary-General shall assist the Secretary-General, and direct and manage the affairs relating to the Secretariat and supervise the business of all Divisions and Sections.

Article 5. Each Division shall have its Directors, whom the Secretary-General shall appoint with the approval of the President of the House from among the Secretaries. The Director of the Division shall manage the affairs belonging to his Division, under the direction of the Secretary-General.

Article 6. Each Section shall have its Chief, whom the Secretary-General shall appoint from among the Secretaries or Assistant-Secretaries. The Section Chief shall manage the affairs belonging to his section, under the direction of his superiors.

Article 7. The Secretaries and Assistant-Secretaries shall manage the affairs or technical works of the Secretariat under the direction of their superiors.

Article 8. Each Secretariat shall have Several Chief Guards, whom the Secretary-General shall appoint from among the Assistant-Secretaries. The Chief Guard shall be in charge of police affairs in the House under the direction of his superiors and direct Assistant Chief Guards and Guards.

Article 9. The Clerks shall attend to the office business or technical work, under the direction of their superiors.

Article 10. Each Secretariat shall have several Assistant Chief Guards and Guards, whom the Secretary-General shall appoint from among the Clerks. The Assistant Chief Guards shall take charge of police affairs in the House under the direction of their superiors and direct the Guards. The Guards shall attend to police affairs in the House under the direction of their superiors.

Article 11. Standing Committee Qualified Specialists shall be appointed or dismissed by the Secretary-General with the approval of the President of the House at the request of the Chairman of the Standing Committee. The Standing Committee Qualified Specialists shall take charge of inquiries and investigations under the direction of the Chairman of the Standing Committee.

Article 12. Standing Committee Clerks shall he appointed or dismissed by the Secretary-General at the request of the Chairman of the Standing Committee with the approval of the President of the House. Standing Committee Clerks shall attend to their duties pertaining to inquiries and investigations under the direction of the Chairman and Qualified Specialists of the Standing Committee.

Supplementary Provisions: The present Law shall come into force as from the day of the enforcement of the Diet Law. Those officials who hold their post in the Secretariat of the House of Representatives or the House of Peers, at the time of enforcement of this Law, shall be considered, unless otherwise ordered, as having been appointed as officials of the Secretariat of the House of Representatives or the House of Councillors, with the salary the amount of which is equivalent to that of the salary they are receiving. In the application of the preceding paragraph, those officials shall be considered as having been appointed to the following posts respectively: Secretaries of Chokunin or Sonin rank to Secretaries (Sanji); Secretaries (Jimukan and Rijikan), Senior Stenographers, Clerks and Technicians of Sonin rank to Assistant Secretaries (Fuku Sanji); Chief Guards (Shuei-cho) to Assistant Secretaries as Chief Guards (Eishi-cho): Clerks, Technicians, Junior Stenographers, Employees treated as officials of Hannin rank, to Clerks (Shuji); Assistant Chief Guards (Shuei-Fukucho) to Clerks as Assistant Chief Guards (Eishi-Fukucho); Guards (Shuei) to Clerks as Guards (Eishi).