I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendment to the Narcotic Control Law.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This tenth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-third year of Showa (December 10, 1948)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for Partial Amendment to the Narcotic Control Law
A Part of the Narcotic Control Law (Law No.1.23 of 1948) shall be amended as follows:
The following Article shall be added next to Article 52.
Article 52-(2). The Minister of Welfare shall designate Narcotic Agents (Mayaku-torishimari-in) from among the Narcotic Control Officers (Mayaku-tosei-shuji) of Metropolitan, Hokkaido and each prefecture, within the limit of 250 persons in total.
2 Under the direction and supervision of the Minister of Welfare, Narcotic Agents shall take charge of entering, inspecting and removing as authorized by this Law as well as the Taima Control Law (Law No.124 of 1948) and other matters concerning the enforcement of these Laws, and he authorized, as judicial police officers prescribed in the Code of Criminal Procedure, to perform their duties in respect to the offences concerning narcotic or taima and also the offences prescribed in Chapter 14 of the Penal Code (Law No.45 of 1907).
3 Narcotic Agents may perform their duties outside the area to their prefecture.
4 Narcotic Agents shall be authorized to carry with them small arms in the exercise of their duties.
In Article 53, "Narcotic Control Officers" (Mayaku-tosei-shuji) shall read "Narcotic Agents" (Mayaku-torishimari-in),
Supplementary Provision:
The present Law shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (January 1, 1949) of the Law for Amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure (Law No.131 of 1948).
Attorney-General UEDA Shunkichi
Minister of Welfare HAYASHI Joji
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru