I hereby give My sanction, with the advice of the Privy Council, to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments to the Government Officials Appointment and Promotion Ordinance, 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. 205

Article 1. The Government Officials Appointment and Promotion Ordinance shall be partly amended as follows:

Art. 1. Government offices shall be divided into First class, Second class and Third class excluding special office; and the classification of each office shall be provided for by Law or Order.

In Art. 3 "Office for which an official is appointed with a ceremony of Imperial installation and" shall read "by Law or Order. In Art. 5 par. 1 item 2, "judge or prosecutor" shall read "judge or procurator".

Article 2. Imperial Ordinance No. 80 of 1889 concerning the Qualification of Audit Inspector shall be abrogated.

Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.