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. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This first day of the fifth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (May 1, 1947: Countersigned: Minister of Imperial Household Viscount MATSUDAIRA Yoshitami Prime Minister and concurrently Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of State Baron SHIDEHARA Kijuro Minister of justice KIMUKA Tokutaro Minister of State SAITO Takao Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi Ministerof State HOSHIJIMA Niro Ministerof Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari Ministerfor Home Affairs UEHARA Etsujiro Ministerof Finance ISHIBASHI Taman Minister of State KANAMORI Tokujiro Minister of Transportation MASUDA Kaneshichi Minister of Commerce and Industry ISHII Mitsujiro Minister of Education TAKAHASHI Seiichiro Ministerof Agriculture and Forestry K1MURA Kozaemon Minister of State TANAKA Man'itsu Minister of State TAKASE Sotaro 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.