I hereby give My sanction to the Ordinance regarding the permission to make use of the cash, registered national bonds or securities of the Section of Negotiable Property Account relating to Principal, for the purpose of paying taxes, and cause the same to be promulgated.
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-second day of the second month of the twenty-second year of Showa (February 22, 1947)
Countersigned: Minister of Imperial Household Viscount MATSUDAIRA Yoshitami
Imperial Household Ordinance No. 4
In applying with due modifications the War Indemnity Special Measures Law and the Capital Levy Law and their related regulations to the Imperial Household properties, it shall be permitted in case of necessity, with Imperial approval, for the cash registered national bonds or securities of the Section of Negotiable Property Account relating to Principal, to be made immediate use of for the purpose of paying taxes.
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.