I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments of the Regulations governing the Provisional Establishment of Judicial Officials, and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This fourteenth day of the first month of the twenty-second year of Showa (January 14, 1947) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro Imperial Ordinance No. 7 The following amendments shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the Provisional Establishment of Judicial Officials: In Article 1, "38 persons full-time" shall read "42 persons full-time"; "61 persons full-time" shall read "67 persons full-time"; "2 persons full-time" shall read "3 persons full-time"; and "18 persons full-time" shall read "48 persons full-time," respectively. Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.