I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance regarding the partial amendments to the Regulations governing the Establishment of Temporary Personnel in the Ministry of Education 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 Education TANAKA Kotaro Imperial Ordinance No. 8 The following amendments shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the Establishment of Temporary Personnel in the Ministry of Education:

Art. 1-(3). In order to deal with the matters concerning the management of special property, the following personnel shall be increased and attached to the Minister's Secretariate: Education Ministry Secretary Full-time 1 person 2nd Class

Art. 2-(2). In order to deal with the matters concerning the betterment and guidance of the nourishment of school children, the following personnel shall be increased and attached to the Physical Bureau in the Ministry of Education. Education Ministry Secretary Full-time 1 person 2nd Class Full-time 1 person 3rd Class

Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.