I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments of the Regulations governing the Official Organizations, etc. of the Ministry of Welfare and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This fourteenth day of the fourth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (April 14, 1947)
Countersigned: Prime Minister
YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Welfare
KAWAI Yoshinari
Imperial Ordinance No. 123
Art. 1.
A part of the Regulations governing the Official Organization of the Ministry of Welfare shall be amended as follows:
In Arts. 3 and 7-(2), "Labor Bureau" shall read "Employment Security Bureau."
Art. 10.
The Ministry of Welfare shall have the following personel:
Welfare Secretaries:
Full-time 6 persons
1st class
,, ,, 282 ,,
2nd class
,, ,, 953 ,,
3rd class
Welfare Technicians:
Full-time 3 persons
1st class
,, ,, 183 ,,
2nd class { 28 of them may be made 1st class
,, ,, 529 ,,
3rd class
Art. 2.
A part of the Regulations governing the Temporary Installation of officials in the Ministry of Welfare shall be amended as follows:
In Art. 4, "Labor Bureau" shall read "Employment Security Bureau."
Art. 3.
A part of the Regulations governing the Official Organization of the Repatriate Relief Board shall be amended as follows:
In Art. 2, Welfare Secretaries
full-time 156 persons
2nd class { 2 of them may be made 1st class
full-time 310 ,,
3rd class
" shall read "
full-time 79 persons
2nd class
,, ,, 148 ,,
3rd class
and Welfare Technicians: "
full-time 164 persons
1st class { 3 of them may be made 1st class
,, ,, 270 ,,
3rd class
shall read "
full-time 6021 persons
2nd class { 1 of them may be made 1st class
,, ,, 84 ,,
3rd class
Art. 4.
A part of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Population Problem Research Institute shall be amended as follows:
In Art. 2, Welfare Technicians "full-time 4 persons" shall read "full-time 6 persons."
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.