I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments to the Regulations governing the Organization of the Ministry of Transportation, etc. and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-eighth day of the fourth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (April 28, 1947)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Transportation MASUDA Kaneshichi
Imperial Ordinance No. 159
Article 1. The following amendments shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Ministry of Transportation.
In Art. 4, "Imperial Railway Account" shall read "Special Account for the Government Railway Enterprise" and "Tramways" shall read "Tramways and Government Automobile Service."
In Art. 6, item 3, "and Tramways" shall read "Tramways and Government Automobile Service."
In Art. 18,
} shall read {
} and {
} shall read {
}.
Article 2. The following partial amendments shall be made to the Regulations governing the Establishment of Temporary personnel, etc. in the Communications Ministry:
In item 4 of par. 1, Art. 1, {
} shall read {
} and {
} shall read {
}.
In Art. 4, {
} shall read {
}, and "17 (full-time)" shall read "26 (full-time)."
In Art. 5, "3 (full-time) 3rd class" shall read {
} and {
} shall read {
}.
Article 3. The following amendments shall be made to part of the Imperial Ordinance No. 51 of 1946, (21st year of Showa):
In Art. 2 {
} shall read {
}, and "532 (full-time)" shall read "480 (full-time)."
Article 4. The following amendments shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the Organization of Meteorological Offices:
In Art. 12, {
} shall read {
} and {
} shall read {
}.
In Art. 18, par. 2, {
} shall read {
} and "4 (full-time)" shall read "2 (full-time)."
Article 5. The following amendments shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the Orgrnization of the Maritime Institute:
In. par. 1 of Art. 2, "8 (full-time)" shall read "17 (full-time)."
Article 6. The following amendments shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Nautical College:
In par. 1 of Art. 3, {
} shall read {
} and "17 (full-time)" shall read "10 (full-time)."
Article 7. The following amendment shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Marine Technical School:
In par. 1 of Art. 2 "12 (full-time)" shall read "17 (full-time)."
Article 8. The following amendments shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Navigation Technical School:
In par. 1 of Art. 2 {
} shall read {
}, "4 (full-time) 3rd class "shall read {
} and "2 (full-time)" shall read "3 (full-time)."
Article 9. The following amendments shall be made to part of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Hydrographic Department:
In par. 1 of Art. 3, "7 (full-time)" shall read "9 (full-time)" and "113 (full-time)" shall read "115 (full-time)."
Article 10. The following amendments shall he made to part of the Regulations governing the Organization of Maritime Bureaus:
In par. 1 of Art. 3, {
} shall read {
} and {
} shall read {
}.
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.