I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the exception to the Imperial Ordinance No. 256 of 1916, "Bill which is used in the payment of taxes," and cause the same to be promulgted.
御名御璽
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
昭和二十二年三月一日
This first day of the third month of the twenty-second year of Showa (March 1, 1947)
When the checks from the second block account are used to pay taxes which are designated by Minister of Finance according to the Financial Emergency Measures Ordinance, those checks may be omitted from the restriction which is provided in item 1, paragraph 1, Article 1 of Imperial Ordinance No. 256, 1916.
附 則
Supplementary Provision:
この勅令は、公布の日から、これを施行する。
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.