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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="Act" Num="239" PromulgateDay="10" PromulgateMonth="12" Year="23">
  <PromulgateBody>
    <PromulgateStatement>I hereby promulgate the Law for the Partial Amendment to the Elimination of Excessive Concentration of Economic Power Law.</PromulgateStatement>
    <ImperialSignature>Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor</ImperialSignature>
    <PromulgateDate>This tenth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-third year of Showa (December 10, 1948)</PromulgateDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Law No.239</LawNum>
  <LawBody>
    <LawTitle>Law for Partial Amendment to the Elimination of Excessive Concentration of Economic Power Law</LawTitle>
    <MainProvision>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>The partial amendment to the Elimination of Excessive Concentration of Economic Power Law (Law No.207 of 1947) shall be made as follows:</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
        <AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvisionSentence>
            <Sentence>In Article 26, "on or after September 1, 1948 and on or prior to December 31, 1948" shall be amended as "on or prior to June 30, 1949."</Sentence>
          </AmendProvisionSentence>
        </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>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Finance</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>IZUMIYAMA Sanroku</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Attorney-General</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>UEDA Shunkichi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Welfare</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>HAYASHI Joji</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Agriculture and Forestry</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>SUDO Hideo</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Commerce and Industry</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>OYA Shinzo</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Transportation</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>OZAWA Saeki</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Communications</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>FURUHATA Tokuya</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Labor</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>MASUDA Kaneshichi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Construction</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>MASUTANI Shuji</Name>
    </Signature>
  </Signatures>
</Law>