I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the amendments to be made to the Regulations governing the Establishment of Temporary Personnel and Others in the Cabinet, and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This fifteenth day of the third month of the twenty-second year of Showa (March 15, 1947) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Imperial Ordinance No. 85 The following amendments shall be made to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Regulations governing the Establishment of Temporary Personnel and Others in the Cabinet: In Article 1-2, par. 3 " Cabinet Secretary Full time 68 persons, second class (of whom 13 persons may be made first class officials) Full time 81 persons, third class Cabinet Technical Official Full time 22 persons, second class Full time 15 persons, third class. "shall read " Cabinet Secretary Full time 128 persons, second class (of whom 17 persons may be made first class officials) Cabinet Technical Officials Full time 102 persons, second class Cabinet Secretary or Cabinet Technical Officials Full time 236 persons, third class ." Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.