I hereby promulgate the Summer-Time Law.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-eighth day of the Fourth month of the twenty-third year of Showa (April 28, 1948)
Prime Minister ASHIDA Hitoshi
Summer-Time Law
Article 1. Every year, during the period from twelve (12) o'clock p. m. of the first Saturday of April to zero (0) o'clock a. m. of the day following the second Saturday of September, the time advanced by one hour from the central standard time (Summer-time) shall be adopted for all purposes, except in case where the central standard time is specifically provided for to be used.
Article 2. Twenty-three (23) hours shall make one day on the day (Sunday) following the first Saturday of April and twenty-five (25) hours shall make one day on the second Saturday of September:
Twenty-fuor (24) hours shall make one day on all days other than mentioned above during the period of the Summer-time.
Article 3. In enforcing the present Law, matters concerning the calculation of hours necessary for the application of provisions of other Laws shall be provided for by Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions:
The present Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.
In applying the present Law, "the first Saturday of April" in Art.1 and Art.2 of the present Law shall read "the first Saturday of May (1st of May)" in the case of the year of 1948.
Prime Minister ASHIDA Hitoshi
Minister for Foreign Affairs ASHIDA Hitoshi
Minister of Finance KITAMURA Tokutaro
Attorney-General SUZUKI Yoshio
Minister of Education MORITO Tatsuo
Minister of Welfare TAKEDA Giichi
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry NAGAE Kazuo
Minister of Commerce and Industry MIZUTANI Chozaburo
Minister of Transportation OKADA Seiichi
Minister of Communications TOMIYOSHI Eiji
Minister of Labor KATO Kanju