Article 1.　The purpose of this Law shall be to establish temporarily the amount of pay and the other allowances and issue regulations thereof prescribed for government service officials and those treated as such (inclusive of those standing as such,) junior clerks, auxiliary workers, craft workers who are regularly employed by the Government in the regular service (exclusive of the Prime Minister, President of the Supreme Court, those attested as in the Constitution, Art.7, and also those specified by the other laws (-hereinafter referred to as "worker or workers" -) in compliance with the provisions of the Law concerning Salary and Other Pays granted to Government Workers, (Law No.12, 1948-hereinafter referred to as "Law No.12" -) Par.3, and otherwise to promote uniformity in personnel policy within the government service.

2.　The provisions of this Law shall not be construed to repeal, amend or supersede in any particular any provisions of the National Public Service Law as existent or at any time amended. On and after July 1, 1948 any provisions of this Law in conflict with any provisions of the National Public Service Law inclusive of law, Cabinet Order, or Rules or Orders of the National Personnel Commission shall be null and void. All provisions of the Law shall become null and void on December 31, 1948 or at any earlier date as may be provided by law.

3.　The classification plan as provided by Art.14 of this Law shall be construed as being and meeting the rectairements of the plan submitted to the Diet, for approval in accordance with Art.29 and otherwise of the National Public Service Law (Law No.120, 1947) and shall remain in effect until subsequent modifications are presented to the Diet for approval by the National Personnel Commission.

Article 2.　The Office of New Pay Administration, Area Allowance Committee, and New Pay Grievance Committee shall be established temporarily for a duration under the direction of Prime Minister, in order to fulfil the purpose as provided maintaining the most efficient administration of this Law.

Article 3.　The Office of New Pay Administration shall carry out the administrative unification adjustment for the detemination of pay rates as provided in this Law and the other administrative matters empowered to practice as, provided thereby.

Article 4.　The Office of New Pay Administration shall elect Chief, Deputy Chief, and several staff officials.

2.　The Chief Secretary of the Cabinet shall take charge of disrectorship as the Chief of the Office of New Pay Administration, and the Director of the Allowance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance shall be the Deputy Chief of the Office.

3.　The staff officials shall be appointed by the Prime Minister from among the workers who are in charge of pay administration in the respective government agencies partly to serve in the Office of the New Pay Administration.

4.　The Chief shall direct the affairs of the Office.

5.　The Deputy Chief shall administer the affairs of the Office, assisting the Chief.

6.　The staff officials shall carry out the affairs of the Office as directed from the above.

Article 5.　The Area Allowance Committee shall investigate and examine the allocation of areas according to the cost of living, the issuing rates of Area Allowance to the areas so allocated, and the other necessary matters as to the issuance of the said allowance.

Article 6.　The members of the Area Allowance Committee shall be appointed by the Prime Minister equal in number representing both the workers and the Government.

2.　The total number of those members in the Area Allowance Committee shall not exceed 20.

Article 7.　The Area Allowance Committee may establish Local Area Allowance Committees in each respective Prefectures of To, Do, Fu and Ken in order to make them investigate necessary matters assigned and empowered to the said Committee.

Article 8.　The New Pay Grievance Committee shall finally decide the issue reexamining it as provided in Art.24, Par.1.

Article 9.　The New Pay Grievance Committee shall be composed of 9 members.

2.　These members shall be 3 representing respectively the workers, the Government, and the impartial third party, who shall be appointed by the Prime Minister.

Article 10.　The New Pay Grievance Committee shall elect a chairman. The chairman shall be elected by the members from among the members representing the impartial third party.

2.　The chairman shall preside over the New Pay Grievance Committee.

3.　In case the chariman is absent, any of the other members representing the impartial third party shall be elected by the members to carry out the duties for him.

Article 11.　The meeting of New Pay Grievance Committee shall be called by the chairman, and the majority rules the decision. In the case of tie vote, the chairman shall decide the issue.

2　The Committee shall not hold a hearing nor make a decision without the participation of at least two members each representing the workers, the Government, and the impartial third party.

3.　The Committee shall hold its hearing without delay upon a request of the reconsideration as provided in Art.24, Par.1.

Article 12.　Pay granted in compliance with this Law shall be Base Pay, Family Allowance, Area Allowance, and Special Work Allowance.

Article 13.　All workers shall receive a compensation based on the complexity and difficulty of their duties and responsibilities, hardship, work hours, environment, and the other working conditions.

Article 14.　The jobs of workers shall be divided into 15 grades, and descriptions of key jobs illustrative of the various levels of work for the respective grades shall be provided by the Chief of the Office of New Pay Administration.

2.　The range of base pay for the respective grades as referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be provided as in the Annexed Table.

3.　Enterprise workers, teachers, tax collectors, and the other workers whose jobs necessarily are grouped in a specified group of jobs may be regulated, as established by Cabinet Order by provisions other than those of the preceding two paragraphs as to the grading of jobs and the range of salary steps applied thereto;Provided, however, that the said order shall be established the same in spirit as the preceding two paragraphs provide and well balanced with these provisions in compliance with the spirit of the preceding article.

Article 15.　The Prime Minister, President of the Supreme Court, Respective Ministers, Attorney-General or President of the Board of Audit (hereinafter referred to as "Chief of Agencies" ) and those delegated by the Chief of Agencies shall, subject to the approval of the Chief of the Office of the New Pay Administration, determine the grading of jobs and the rate of individual worker's base pay in the respective agencies on the basis of the plan provided under Art.14.

Article 16.　Regulations concerning the Base Pay of those newly recruited or those promoted or demoted from one grade to another, and the standard of their within-grade pay promotion shall be established by Cabinet Order.

Article 17.　Procedure for payments of Base Pay under this Law shall be the same as those provided in the Ordinance concerning Salary of Government Service Officials (Imperial Ordinance, No.192, 1946.) Provided, however, that employees who have heretofore been paid their Base Pay twice a month may continue to be so paid.

Article 18.　Family Allowance shall be paid to all workers who have family depending upon them.

2.　The provisions of the Law No.12, Supplementary Provisions, Art.5 shall apply correspondingly hereto.

Article 19.　Area Allowance shall be paid to the workers who serve in the areas allocated where the cost of living is specifically high.

2.　The monthly amount of Area Allowance shall be computed by multiplying the monthly total of Base Pay and Family Allowance by the established issuing rates.

3.　Allocation of areas according to the cost of living and the issuing rates of Area Allowance to the areas so allocated shall be decided by the Minister of Finance after receiving the recommendation of the Area Allowance Committee.

4.　The Provisions of Art.17 shall apply correspondingly hereto at the issuance of area allowance.

Article 20.　Special Work Allowance may be paid to workers in case they carry out specified extra duties which are to be enumerated under the necessary consideration and either impossible or extremely difficult to incorporate in the base pay.

2.　Kinds of Special Work Allowance, the coverage of those who receive them, allowance rates, and issuing regulations shall be determined by Cabinet Order.

Article 21.　Law No.12, Supplementary Provisions, Art.7 shall be applied in case of absence without the proper authorization.

Article 22.　The Chief of the Office of New Pay Administration may revise or order to revise the decision of a chief of respective agencies or one who is commissioned by the chief, in case the grading of jobs and range of salary steps established by him in compliance with the provisions of Art.15 are recognized improper under the principle of pay administration as provided in Art.13.

Article 23.　A worker who is not satisfied with the decision of a pay rate allotted to him as prescribed in Art.15 (inclusive of the revision of pay rates as provided in the preceding article) may request the Chief of the Office of New Pay Administration for his reconsideration.

2.　The Chief of Office of New Pay Administration shall be obliged to settle the issue upon the receipt of such request as provided in the preceding article and to notify the worker who appealed and the government agency concerned.

3.　The provisions of the preceding article shall apply correspondingly to the preceding paragraph.

Article 24.　If the worker is still dissatisfied with the decision as in the preceding article, Par.2, he may request a reconsideration again to the New Pay Grievance Committee.

2.　The New Pay Grievance Committee shall be obligated to settle the issue upon the receipt of such request as provided in the preceding article and to notify the worker who appealed and the government agency concerned.

3.　The provisions of Art.22 shall apply correspondingly to the preceding paragraph. In such an instance the "Chief of the Office of New Pay Administration" shall mean the "New Pay Grievance Committee."