I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the abolition of the Temporary Building Restriction Ordinance under the Imperial Ordinance No. 542 of 1945 relating to the Orders to be issued in consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam. Declaration, and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This seventh day of the second month of the twenty-second year of Showa (February 7, 1947)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister for Home Affairs UEHARA Etsujiro
Imperial Ordinance No. 45
The Temporary Building Restriction Ordinance shall be abolished.
Supplementary Provisions:
This Imperial Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.
As regards the application of penalty for the conduct committed before the promulgation of this Imperial Ordinance and prohibition or restriction of use or other necessary actions about buildings constructed in contravention of the provisions of Art. 1, par. 1 of the old Ordinance, the old Ordinance shall still be effective even after the promulgation of this Imperial Ordinance.