I hereby give,with the advice of the Imperial Family Council and that of the Privy Council, My sanction to the Law regarding the abolition of the Imperial House Law and the Supplements to the Imperial House Law, and cause the same to be promulgated.
御名御璽
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
昭和二十二年五月一日
This first day of the fifth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (May 1, 1947:
宮內大臣 子爵 松平慶民
Countersigned: Minister of Imperial Household Viscount MATSUDAIRA Yoshitami
內閣總理大臣兼外務大臣 吉田茂
Prime Minister and concurrently Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru
國務大臣 男爵 幣原喜重郞
Minister of State Baron SHIDEHARA Kijuro
司法大臣 木村篤太郞
Minister of justice KIMUKA Tokutaro
國務大臣 齋藤隆夫
Minister of State SAITO Takao
遞信大臣 一松定吉
Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi
國務大臣 星島二郞
Ministerof State HOSHIJIMA Niro
厚生大臣 河合良成
Ministerof Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
內務大臣 植原悅二郞
Ministerfor Home Affairs UEHARA Etsujiro
大藏大臣 石橋湛山
Ministerof Finance ISHIBASHI Taman
國務大臣 金森德次郞
Minister of State KANAMORI Tokujiro
運輸大臣 增田甲子七
Minister of Transportation MASUDA Kaneshichi
商工大臣 石井光次郞
Minister of Commerce and Industry ISHII Mitsujiro
文部大臣 高橋誠一郞
Minister of Education TAKAHASHI Seiichiro
農林大臣 木村小左衞門
Ministerof Agriculture and Forestry K1MURA Kozaemon
The Imperial House Law sanctionedin 1889 and the Supplements to the Imperial House Law sanctionedin 1907 and 1918 shallbe out of force on and afterMay 3.