I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments to the Imperial Ordinance No. 143 of 1943, regarding the fixed number of Inspector of chokunin rank, Secretary, Vice-Inspector, Extra-Secretary and Clerk of the Board of Audit, and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-first day of the fourth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (April 21, 1947) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Imperial Ordinance No. 141 A part of the Imperial Ordinance No. 143 of 1943 shall be revised as follows: " Vice-Inspector 18 persons full-time Extra-Secretary 4 persons full-time Clerk 140 persons full-time "shall read" Vice-Inspector 22 persons full-time Extra-Secretary 8 persons full-time Clerk 217 persons full-time " Supplementary Provisions: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. The Regulations governing the Establishment of Temporary personnel in the Board of Audit shall be abrogated.