I hereby promulgate the Law concerning Lump Sum Grant for Public Servants. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twelfth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (December 12, 1947) Prime Minister KATAYAMA Tetsu Law No.166 The Government shall grant in lump an allowance corresponding to their one month total pay to government service officials and those treated as such, unclassified officials, junior clerks, auxiliary workers, and crafts, who are in the regular service at the time of enforcement of the present law. The allowance to be the payment basis of the lump sum pay referred to the preceding paragraph and necessary matters concerning the payment procedures of the lump sum allowance of the same paragraph, shall be determined by the Minister of Finance. Supplementary Provision: The present Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. Minister of Finance KURUSU Takeo Prime Minister KATAYAMA Tetsu