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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="Act" Num="219" PromulgateDay="2" PromulgateMonth="12" Year="23">
  <PromulgateBody>
    <PromulgateStatement>I hereby promulgate the Law for amending Part of the War-time Law of Industrial Property.</PromulgateStatement>
    <ImperialSignature>Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor</ImperialSignature>
    <PromulgateDate>This second day of the twelfth month of the twenty-third year of Showa (December 2, 1948)</PromulgateDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Law No.219</LawNum>
  <LawBody>
    <LawTitle>Law for amending Part of the War-time Law of Industrial Property</LawTitle>
    <MainProvision>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>Partial amendments shall be made to the War-time Law of Industrial Property (Law No.21 of 1917).</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
        <AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvisionSentence>
            <Sentence>Arts.1 to inclusive shall be amended as follows:</Sentence>
          </AmendProvisionSentence>
          <NewProvision>
            <Article Num="1:4">
              <ArticleTitle>Arts.1 to 4</ArticleTitle>
              <Paragraph Num="1">
                <ParagraphNum/>
                <ParagraphSentence>
                  <Sentence>Deleted.</Sentence>
                </ParagraphSentence>
              </Paragraph>
            </Article>
          </NewProvision>
        </AmendProvision>
        <AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvisionSentence>
            <Sentence>Art.7 shall be amended as follows:</Sentence>
          </AmendProvisionSentence>
          <NewProvision>
            <Article Num="7">
              <ArticleTitle>Art.7</ArticleTitle>
              <Paragraph Num="1">
                <ParagraphNum/>
                <ParagraphSentence>
                  <Sentence>Deleted.</Sentence>
                </ParagraphSentence>
              </Paragraph>
            </Article>
          </NewProvision>
        </AmendProvision>
      </Paragraph>
    </MainProvision>
    <SupplProvision>
      <SupplProvisionLabel>Supplementary Provisions:</SupplProvisionLabel>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum>1</ParagraphNum>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
      </Paragraph>
      <Paragraph Num="2">
        <ParagraphNum>2</ParagraphNum>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>In respect to the application of Arts.5 and 6, the provision of Art.4 before amendment shall remain effective even after the enforcement of this Law.</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
      </Paragraph>
    </SupplProvision>
  </LawBody>
  <Signatures>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Attorney-General</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>UEDA Shunkichi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Commerce and Industry</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>OYA Shinzo</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </Signatures>
</Law>