I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance fixing the date of enforcement of a part of the Law No. 46 of 1947 revising a part of the Bank of Japan Law 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 Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Imperial Ordinance No. 201 The revised provisions of Articles 16, 39, 40 and 47 of the Bank of Japan Law, in the Law No. 46, 1947, as well as the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 12 of the Supplementary Provisions inclusive shall come into force as from the day of the enforcement of the Constitution of Japan.