I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the designation of the enforcement day of the Settlers' Fund Financing Law, and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This thirtieth day of the first month of the twenty-second year of Showa (January 30, 1947) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister for Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi Minister of Agriculture and Forestry WADA Hiroo Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Imperial Ordinance No. 31 Settlers' Fund Financing Law shall come into force as from February 1, 1947.