I hereby promulgate the Law concerning the partial amendments to be made to the Law for the Improvements of Penal Regulations of Economic Relations of the Law No.4 of 1944. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (December 27, 1947) Prime Minister KATAYAMA Tetsu Law No.242 Law No.4 of 1944 shall partially be amended as follows:

Article 1. Officers and other personnel of the public corporations (Eidan), the special depository banks (Kinko), or establishments corresponding to these, as designated in the Annexed Table A shall be regarded as officers engaging in public business in accordance with Laws and Ordinances, regarding the application of penalties.

Article 2. In case officers and other personnel of companies established by special Laws and Ordinances, those of companies or associations which perform the management of railway, electricity, gas or any other enterprise which is, in its nature, led to monopoly enterprise or which transact business concerning the control in accordance with the Temporary Demand and Supply Adjustment Law or other Laws and Ordinances relating to the control of the economies, or those of establishments corresponding to those (the said companies and associations), as designated in the Annexed Table B have received a bribe, or requested or agreed to receive it, concerning their office, they shall be punished by the penal servitude for a period of not exceeding 3 years. In case those persons, by so doing, have committed dishonest and improper acts or did not act properly and befittingly, the shall be punished by the penal servitude for a period of not exceeding 7 years.

In Article 6, "organizations," and "and determined by the Imperial Ordinance" shall be deleted and "a government office" shall read "an administrative office." In Article 7, "the control business or the management business for the control" shall read "the business concerning the control" and "the said business" shall read "the said duties." Annexed Table A 1. The Housing Corporation (The Jutaku Eidan) 2. Metropolitan High Speed Trafic Corporation (The Teito Kosokudo Kotsu Eidan) 3. The Farm Development Corporation (The Nochi Kaihatsu Eidan) 4. The Local Foodstuff Corporation (The Chiho Shokuryo Eidan) 5. The Trade Corporation (Koeki Eidan) 6. The Pension Bank (The Onkyu Kinko) 7. The People's Bank (The Shomin Kinko) 8. The Reconversion Finance Bank (The Fukko Kin-yu Kinko) 9. The Bank of Japan (The Nihon Ginko) Annexed Table B 1. The Hypothec Bank of Japan (The Nippon Kangyo Ginko) 2. The Hokkaido Exploitation Bank (The Hokkaido Takushoku Ginko) 3. The Nihon Industrial Bank (The Nihon Kogyo Ginko) 4. The Nippon Iron Manufacturing Co., Ltd.(The Nippon Seitetsu Kabushiki Kaisha) 5. The Tohoku Industrial Development Co., Ltd.(The Tohoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha) 6. The Nippon Transportation Co., Ltd.(The Nippon Tsuun Kabushiki Kaisha) 7. The Teikoku Fuel Industrial Co., Ltd.(The Teikoku Nenryo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha) 8. The Nippon Electric Generation and Transmission Co., Ltd.(The Nippon Hassoden Kabushiki Kaisha) 9. The Teikoku Mining Industry Development Co., Ltd.(The Teikoku Kogyo Kaihatsu Kabushiki Kaisha) 10. The Teikoku Petroleum Co., Ltd.(The Teikoku Sekiyu Kabushiki Kaisha) 11. The Forestry Association (Shinrin Kumiai) and the Union of the Forestry Associations (Shinrin Kumiai Rengo Kai) in accordance with the Forestry Law (Shinrin Ho) 12. The Marine Industry Association (Suisan Kumiai) and the Union of the Marine Industry Associations (Suisan Kumiai Rengo Kai) in accordance with the Fisheries Law (Gyogyo Ho) 13. The Horse Association (Bahitsu Kumiai) and the Union of the Horse Associations (Bahitsu Kumiai Rengo Kai) in accordance with the Horse Association Law (Bahitsu Kumiai Ho) 14. The Pasture and Field Association (Bokuya Kumiai) in accordance with the Pasture and Field Law (Bokuya Ho) 15. The Dairy Manufacturing Indusrty Association (Seirakugyo Kumiai) in accrodance with the Dairy Farming Adjustment Law (Raku Nogyo Chosei Ho) 16. The House-letting Association (Kashiya Kumiai), the Union of the House-letting Associations (Kashiya Kumiai Rengo Kai), the Room-letting Association (Kashishitsu Kumiai) and the Union of the Room-letting Associations (Kashishitsu Kumiai Rengo Kai) in accrodance with the House-letting Association Law (Kashiya Kumiai Ho) 17. The Central Bank of Agriculture and Forestry (Norin Chuo Kinko) 18. The Central Bank for Commercial and Industrial Union (Shoko Kumiai Chuo Kinko) 19. The Industrial Association (Sangyo Kumiai) and the Industrial Associations Union (Sangyo Kumiai Rengo-Kai) by the Industrial Association Law (Sangyo Kumiai Ho) 20. The Credit Association in the City District (Shigaichi Shin-yo Kumiai) by the Credit Association Law in the City District (Shigaichi Shin-yo Kumiai Ho) 21. The Agricultural Corporation Inspection Union (Nogyo Dantai Kansa Rengo Kai) 22. The City, Town or Village Agricultural Association (Shichoson Nogyo-kai), the Provincial Agricultural Association (Do-fu-ken Nogyo-kai)(including the Tokyo Metroporitan Agricultural Association (Tokyo-to Nogyo-kai)) and the National Agricultural Union (Zenkoku Nogyokai) 23. The Fishery Association (Gyogyo-kai), the Manufacturing Industry Association (Seizogyokai), the Prefectural Aquatic Products Industry Association (Do-fu-ken Suisangyo-kai)(including the Tokyo Metropolitan Aquatic Products Industry Association (Tokyo-to Suisangyo-kai) and the Central Union of Aquatic Products Associations (Chuo Suisangyo-kai) 24. Except those mentioned in Annexed Table A and the preceding items, the financial organization provided in accordance with the Financial Emergency Ordinance (excluding postal offices) 25. Except those mentioned in the preceding items, the Licensed Shipping Agencies and Licensed Receiving Agencies in accordance with the Fresh Fish and Shellfish Distribution Regulations, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Ordinance No.28 of 1947 26. Except those mentioned in the preceding items, the Licensed Collecting Agencies and Licensed Receiving Agencies in accordance with the Processed Marine Products Distribution Regulations, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Ordinance No.62 of 1947 27. Except those mentioned in the preceding items, the Licensed Shipping Agencies and Licensed Receiving Agencies in accordance with the Fresh Vegetables and Pickled Vegetables Distribution Regulation, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Ordinance No.63 of 1947 28. Except those mentioned in the preceding items, the Trade Associations designated by the Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board by virtue of Paragraph 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Law No.22 of 1947 (the Law amending a part of the Temporary Demand and Supply Adjustment Law) 29. A person who operates the enterprise provided for in Item 1 or 2, Article 1 of the Electric Enterprise Law, receiving permission in accordance with the same Law 30. A person who operates a private railway enterprise, receiving approval in accordance with the provisions of Art.12 of the Private Railway Law 31. A person who operates a transport enterprise, receiving special permission in accordance with the provisions of Art.3 of the Private Tramway Law Supplementary Provisions: The present Law shall come into force as from the day when the period of ten days has elapsed counting from the day of its promulgation. The application of penal regulations to any act done before the enforcement of the present Law (as to the organizations established in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 or 3 of Article 18 of the National Mobilization Law, during the period the said Law is still in effect) shall be governed by the provisions hitherto in force. Minister of Justice SUZUKI Yoshio Prime Minister KATAYAMA Tetsu