I hereby promulgate the Law abolishing the Wartime Exception of the Mariners Law. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This thirteenth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (December 13, 1947) Prime Minister KATAYAMA Tetsu Law No.178 The War-time Exception of the Mariners Law shall be abolished. Supplementary Provisions: The present Law shall come into force as from one month after the day of its promulgation. As to the contract of engagement existing on the effective date of this Law, the renewal or alteration thereof which is exempted from obtaining certification by virtue of the provisions of Art.2 of the War-time Exception of the Mariners Law, and which is the newest one as counting back from the day of the promulgation of this Law, shall be considered, so far as the application of the provisions of Art.37 of the Mariners Law is concerned, as having been made at the time of the promulgation of this Law. Minister of Transportation KITAMURA Tokutaro Prime Minister KATAYAMA Tetsu