I hereby give, with the advice of the Imperial Family Council and that of the Privy Council, My sanction to the Ordinance regarding the abolition of the Imperial Household Ordinances and their Accessories, 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 KIMURA 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
Minister of State HOSHIJIMA Niro
厚生大臣 河合良成
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
內務大臣 植原悅二郞
Minister for Home Affairs UEHARA Etsujiro
大藏大臣 石橋湛山
Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan
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
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry KIMURA Kozaemon
國務大臣 田中萬逸
Minister of State TANAKA Man'itsu
國務大臣 高瀨莊太郞
Minister of State TAKASE Sotaro
皇室令第十二號
Imperial Household Ordinance No. 12
皇室令及附屬法令ハ昭和二十二年五月二日限リ之ヲ廢止ス
The Imperial Household Ordinances and their Accessories shall be out of force on and after May 2.