I hereby promulgate the Law concerning the Partial Amendments or the Local Autonomy Law in consequence of the Establishment of the Maritime Safety Board and others.
御名御璽
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
昭和二十三年六月三日
This third day of the sixth month of the twenty-third year of Showa (June 3, 1948)
内閣総理大臣 芦田均
Prime Minister ASHIDA Hitoshi
法律第五十二号
Law No.52
海上保安廳の設置に伴い地方自治法の一部を改正する等の法律
Law concerning the Partial Amendments of the Local Autonomy Law in consepuence of the Establishment of the Maritime Safety Board and others
第一條 地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）の一部を次のように改正する。
Article 1. Part of the Local Autonomy Law (Law No.67 of 1947) shall hereby be revised as follows:
In Article 156, Paragraph 5, "navigational facilities, meteorological stations, hydrographic organs" shall read as "meteorological stations, institutions of aviation, and the base facilities, communications facilities, navigational aids and hydrographic organs under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Safety Board."
Article 2. Part of the Cabinet Order No.325 of 1947 (Cabinet Order concerning measures against the Second Demobilization Board and Local Demobilization Boards based upon the Orders issued in consequence of the acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration) shall be revised as follows:
The present Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation and shall apply as from the day of the enforcement of the Maritime Safety Board Law (May 1, 1948).