I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance relating to the partial amendments to the Midwife Regulations,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 Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari Imperial Ordinance No. 188 The Midwife Regulations shall be partly amended as follows: "Samba regulations" shall read "Josampu Regulations" "Samba," "Samba list," and "Samba examination" shall read, "Josampu," "Josampu list," and "Josampu examination" respectively." " Art. 1 " shall be " Art. 1–(2)."

Art. 1. The Ordinance concerning midwife under Art. 27 of the National Medical Treatment Act shall be decided by this Ordinance.

In Art. 15–(2),"Hokkaido local expenses and prefectures (Fu-ken) except in Saghalien" shall read " Metropolis, urban and local prefectures (To-do-fuken)." Art. 17–(2) shall be deleted. Art. 18 and Art. 20 shall be deleted. Supplementary Provisions: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from May 2, 1947. A person, who has been registered on a "Samba" list or has passed "Samba" examination, according to the former "Samba" Regulations, shall be respectively regarded as a person who has been registered on a "Josampu" list or has passed "Josampu" examination, according to the "Josampu" regulations.