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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="Act" Num="214" PromulgateDay="11" PromulgateMonth="10" Year="23">
  <PromulgateBody>
    <PromulgateStatement>I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendment to the Diet Law.</PromulgateStatement>
    <ImperialSignature>Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor</ImperialSignature>
    <PromulgateDate>This eleventh day of the tenth month of the twenty-third year of Showa (October 11, 1948)</PromulgateDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>ASHIDA Hitoshi</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Law No.214</LawNum>
  <LawBody>
    <LawTitle>Law for Partial Amendment to the Diet Law</LawTitle>
    <MainProvision>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>Part of the Diet Law (Law No.79 of 1947) shall be amended as followings:</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
        <AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvisionSentence>
            <Sentence>Each item in Paragraph 1 of Article 42 shall read as follows:</Sentence>
          </AmendProvisionSentence>
          <NewProvision>
            <Item Num="1">
              <ItemTitle>1.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Cabinet</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="2">
              <ItemTitle>2.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for National Personnel</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="3">
              <ItemTitle>3.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Local Administration</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="4">
              <ItemTitle>4.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Economic Stabilization</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="5">
              <ItemTitle>5.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Attorney-General's Office</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="6">
              <ItemTitle>6.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Foreign Affairs</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="7">
              <ItemTitle>7.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Finance</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="8">
              <ItemTitle>8.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Education</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="9">
              <ItemTitle>9.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Welfare</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="10">
              <ItemTitle>10.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Commerce and Industry</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="11">
              <ItemTitle>11.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Agriculture and Forestry</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="12">
              <ItemTitle>12.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Fishery</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="13">
              <ItemTitle>13.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Transportation</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="14">
              <ItemTitle>14.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Communications</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="15">
              <ItemTitle>15.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Labor</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="16">
              <ItemTitle>16.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Construction</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="17">
              <ItemTitle>17.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Budget</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="18">
              <ItemTitle>18.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Audit</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="19">
              <ItemTitle>19.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for House Management</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="20">
              <ItemTitle>20.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Disciplinary Measures</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
            <Item Num="21">
              <ItemTitle>21.</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Standing Committee for Library Management</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
          </NewProvision>
        </AmendProvision>
      </Paragraph>
    </MainProvision>
    <SupplProvision>
      <SupplProvisionLabel>Supplementary Provision:</SupplProvisionLabel>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>The present Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
      </Paragraph>
    </SupplProvision>
  </LawBody>
  <Signatures>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>ASHIDA Hitoshi</Name>
    </Signature>
  </Signatures>
</Law>