Article 12. The Ordinance relating to Disciplinary Punishment of Government Officials (Imperial Ordinance No.63 of 1899), the Official Organization of the Higher and Junior Civil Service Examination Committees (Imperial Ordinance No.9 of 1918), the Higher Civil Service Examination Ordinance (Imperial Ordinance No.15 of 1929), the Official Organization of the First Class Officials Selection Committee (Imperial Ordinance No.4 of 1941), the Ordinance relating to Special Provisions in regard to the Qualifications of Second Class Administrative Officials (Imperial Ordinance No.77 of 1945), the Official Organization of the Second Class Administrative Officials Selection Committee (Imperial Ordinance No.78 of 1945), and the Law concerning Temporary Measures to be taken for the Higher and Junior Civil Service Examination Committees (Law No.53 of 1948), and orders issued thereunder shall be revoked on the effective date of this Law. However, the Higher Civil Service Examination Ordinance and the Higher Civil Service Examination Committee shall be regarded as continuing to exist until not later than December 31, 1948 under the conditions provided by the laws heretofore in force, insofar as, in the case of the former, the examinations referred to in Article 66 of the Court Organization Law (Law No.59 of 1947) and Article 3 of the Lawyers Law (Law No.53 of 1933) are concerned, and, in the case of the latter, the Third Division is concerned.