I hereby give My sanction to the Regulations governing the Organization of the Fertilizer Committee and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This thirtieth day of the fourth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (April 30, 1947)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Imperial Ordinance No. 174
Regulations governing the Organization of the Fertilizer Committee
Article 1. The Fertilizer Committee shall be under the jurisdiction of the President of the Economic Stabilization Board and shall investigate and deliberate upon important matters concerning fertilizer, in response to the President's inquiries.
Article 2. The Committee shall be composed of a chairman and members not more than thirty.
In case of necessity for investigating and deliberating upon special matters, the Committee may have temporary members.
Article 3. The post of Chairman shall be filled by the Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board.
The members or the temporary members shall be appointed by the Cabinet through the recommendation of the Prime Minister to the Throne from among those who are enumerated below:
1. The first or second class officials of the government offices concerned.
2. Persons of knowledge and experience.
3. Persons interested in fertilizer production.
4. Persons interested in fertilizer consumption.
5. Persons interested in enterprises connected with fertilizer production.
Article 4. The chairman shall preside over the business of the Committee, and also take the chair of the Committee meetings.
In case of the chairman being prevented from assuming his duties, the member designated by the President of the Economic Stabilization Board shall act in his place.
Article 5. The Committee may have expert investigators. They shall be appointed by the President of the Economic Stabilization Board.
They will, under the directions of the chairman, take charge of investigation concerning special matters.
Article 6. The Committee shall have secretaries who shall be appointed by the Economic Stabilization Board.
The secretaries shall, under the directions of the Chairman, take charge of miscellaneous affairs of the Committee.
Article 7. The Committee shall have clerks who shall be appointed by the President of the Economic Stabilization Board.
The clerks shall engage in miscellaneous affairs under the directions of their superiors.
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.