I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance which determines the date of enforcement of the Law No. 53 of 1947 (Law concerning the amendments of Law No. 78 of 1939, concerning the Disposition of National Properties lent free of charge to Temples etc.) 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 Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
Minister of Education TAKAHASHI Seiichiro
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry KIMURA Kozaemon
Imperial Ordinance No. 189
The Law No. 53, 1947 shall come into force as from May 2. 1947.