I hereby give My sanction, with the advice of the Privy Council, to the Ordinance regarding the amendments of the Regulations of the Main and Branch Houses of Prince Ri, and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twentieth day of the second month of the twenty-second year of Showa (February 20, 1947) Countersigned: Minister of Imperial Household Viscount MATSUDAIRA Yoshitami Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro Minister for Home Affairs UEHARA Etsujiro Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Minister of Education TAKAHASHI Seiichiro Imperial Household Ordinance No. 3 The Regulations of the Main and Branch Houses of Prince Ri shall be amended as follows: In Article 61, paragraph 1, "may be given the status of Korean peer" shall read, "may be allowed to give up the status of a Prince or Princess of the Main or a Branch House of Prince Ri." In Article 62, "those who have been given the status of Korean peer" shall read, "those who have given up the status of a Prince or a Princess of the Main or a Branch House of Prince Ri."

Article 81 shall read: "As far as the Princes and Princesses of the Main and Branch Houses of Prince Ri are concerned, the provisions of the laws, ordinances, and other regulations relating to taxation shall be interpreted in accordance with the following: The term, "relatives", shall be applicabl to the relatives by blood to the sixth degree. The term, "head of a house," or "inmate member of a family," shall be applicable to those regarded as such according to he decision of the Minister of Imperial Household after the consultation with the Minister of Finance. The term, "succession to a house," shall be applicable to a succession caused by the. decease of a Prince or Princess of the Main or a Branch House of Prince Ri, who has been regarded as head of the house according to the decision: of the Minister of Imperial Household after the consultation with the Minister of Finance.

Supplementary Provisions: The present Ordinance shall come into oforce as from the day of its promulgation. The Imperial Household Ordinance No. 18,1926, shall be abolished.