I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the abrogation of the Imperial Ordinance No. 4 of 1947 (Imperial Ordinance concerning the Election of the Chief of a Chônaikai or Burakukai (Town or Village Neighbors Association) or its Federation), under the Imperial Ordinance No. 542 of 1945, in pursuant of 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 first day of the third month of the twenty-second year of Showa (March 1, 1947)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister for Home Affairs UEHARA Etsujiro
Imperial Ordinance No. 67
Imperial Ordinance No. 4 of 1947 shall hereby be abolished.
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.