I hereby promulgate the Law concerning the Abolition of the Ministry for Home Affairs and Imperial Ordinance governing its Organization and others. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-sixth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (December 26, 1947) Prime Minister KATAYAMA Tetsu Law No.238 The Ministry for Home Affairs shall be abolished as of December 31, 1947. For this purpose, the following Imperial Ordinance shall be repealed: Imperial Ordinance concerning the Regulations governing the Organization of the Ministry for Home Affairs. Imperial Ordinance concerning the Regulations governing the Temporary Establishment of the Investigation Bureau in the Ministry for Home Affairs. Imperial Ordinance concerning the Regulations governing the Organization of the Reconstruction Board. Imperial Ordinance concerning the Regulations governing the Temporary Establishment of the Special Construction Bureau in the Reconstruction Board. Supplementary Provisions: Functions which will remain as the responsibility of the Ministry for Home Affairs at the date of its abolition shall be handled by an office of Domestic Affairs belonging to the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister. Such organization and personnel of the Ministry for Home Affairs as may be needed for the conduct of the business mentioned in the preceding paragraph may be transferred as provided for by Cabinet Order. The post of the head of the Office of Domestic Affairs may be filled by a Minister of State. The Office of Domestic Affairs shall be of temporary character and will cease to function and exist when its functions have been transferred to other agencies or eliminated as provided by law. The Office of Domestic Affairs may not exist in any event more than 90 days as from the day of its establishment. Prime Minister KATAYAMA Tetsu Minister for Home Affairs KIMURA Kozaemon