I hereby give My sanction to the Regulations governing the Organization of Labor Standard Bureau of Metropolis or Prefecture, and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This first day of the fifth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (May 1, 1947)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
Minister for Home Affairs UEHARA Etsujiro
Imperial Ordinance No. 199
Regulations governing the Organization of Labor Standard Bureau of Metropolis or Prefecture
Article 1. Labor Standard Bureau of Metropolis or prefecture shall conduct the following affairs under control of Welfare Minister:
1. Matters pertaining to wages, labor hours and resting;
2. Matters pertaining to industrial safety and compensation for accident of workers;
3. Matters pertaining to labor sanitation;
4. Matters pertaining to improvement of labor efficiency;
5. Matters pertaining to welfare of workers;
6. Matters pertaining to labor conditions in factories, mines and other places and supervision relative to protection of workers;
7. Matters pertaining to other labor conditions and protection of workers;
8. Matters pertaining to statistics concerning wages, other labor conditions and living cost of workers.
The said Labor Standard Bureau of Metropolis or Prefecture shall conduct the business concerning preparation for enforcement of Labor Standard Act and establishment of Labor Standard Offices besides the affairs fixed in each item of the preceding paragraph.
Article 2. The jurisdiction of the Labor Standard Bureau of Metropolis or Prefecture shall be the area of Metropolis or a prefecture, and the name shall have the name of Metropolis or prefecture concerned.
Article 3. The following officials shall be appointed through the Labor Standard Bureaus of Metropolis and Prefectures:
Welfare Secretary or Welfare Technical Official
Full time 8 persons 1st class
Full time 525 persons 2nd class
Full time 882 persons 3rd class
The Director of a Bureau shall be appointed from among the first or second class Secretaries or Technical Officials of Welfare Ministry.
The full number of officials of Labor Standard Bureaus of all Metropolis and prefectures under paragraph 1, shall be fixed by Welfare Minister.
Article 4. The Director shall administer the affairs of his Bureau under the command and supervision of Director of Labor Standard Bureau of Welfare Ministry, and shall command and supervise the attached officials who are under his jurisdiction
Supplementary Provisions:
Article 5. The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.
Article 6. In the Enforcement Ordinance of the Factory Law, the Enforcement Ordinance of Workers Accident Assistance Law and the Supplied Workers Assistance Ordinance, "Local Governor" shall read "Director of Labor Standard Bureau of Metropolis or Prefecture."
Article 7. A part of the Regulations governing the Organization of Tokyo Metropolis shall be amended as follows:
In Article 1, "Full time 51 persons" shall read "Full time 50 persons," "Full time 21 persons" shall read "Full time 19 persons" and "Full time 297 persons" shall read "Full time 288 persons."
Article 24 shall be deleted.
Article 8. A part of the Regulations governing the Organization of Hokkaido Government shall be amended as follows:
In Article 1, "Full time 457 persons" shall read "Full time 454 persons" and "Full time 42 persons" shall read " Full time 39 persons."
Article 16-(3) shall be deleted.
Article 9. A part of the Regulations governing the Organization of Local Officials shall be amended as follows:
In Article 1, "
Full time 1682 persons" and "
" shall read "
Full time 1672 persons" and "
," "
Full time 318 persons" and "
" shall read "
Full rime 312 persons" and "
."
Article 32 shall be deleted.
Article 10. A part of the Regulation governing the Establishment of Temporary Officials, etc. of Urban and Local Prefectures, etc. shall be amended as follows:
In Article 1, "Full time 59 persons" shall read "Full time 51 persons," "Full time 20 persons" shall read "Full time 19 persons," and "Full time 282 persons" shall read "Full time 266 persons."
In Article 1-(3), "Full time 61 persons" shall read "Full time 55 persons," "Full time 117 persons" shall read "Full time 116 persons" and "Full time 1277 persons" shall read "Full time 1266 persons."
In Article 1-(4), "Full time 1103 persons" shall read "Full time 955 persons," "Full time 415 persons" shall read "Full time 386 persons," and "Full time 5822 persons" shall read "Full time 5590 persons."
Article 11. With reference to those who are actually officials of Tokyo Metropolis, Hokkaido Government or prefectures at the time of enforcement of the present Imperial Ordinance, and are designated by Welfare Minister. Secretaries and Technical Officials of Local Government shall be treated as appointed Secretaries and Technical Officials of Welfare Ministry in the same classes and on the same salaries respectively.
Officials of Tokyo Metropolis, Hokkaido Government or prefectures who are actually suspended from their office at the time of enforcement of the present Ordinance, and are designated by Welfare Minister shall be treated as appointed Secretaries or Technical Officials of Welfare Ministry, in the same condition according to instances mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, shall not interfere with the application of regulations concerning qualification for appointment of government officials.