I hereby give My sanction, with the advice of the Privy Council, to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Abrogation of the Regulations governing the Organization of the Privy Council and Executive Regulations thereof and Others, and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This second day of the fifth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (May 2, 1947)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Imperial Ordinance No. 203
The following Imperial Ordinances shall be abrogated on and after May 2, 1947:
Regulations governing the organization of the Privy Council and the Executive Regulations.
Imperial Ordinance No. 198 of 1946 (concerning the Secretary of the Privy Council)
Supplementary Provision:
The affairs relating to the remaining adjustment pursuant to the abolition of the Privy Council shall be conducted, in accordance with the decision of the Prime Minister, in tne competent offices under his jurisdiction.