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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="Act" Num="241" PromulgateDay="14" PromulgateMonth="12" Year="23">
  <PromulgateBody>
    <PromulgateStatement>I hereby promulgate the Law for Amending a Part of the Law for the Establishment of the Deliberation Commission on the Measures for Repatriation.</PromulgateStatement>
    <ImperialSignature>Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor</ImperialSignature>
    <PromulgateDate>This fourteenth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-third year of Showa (December 14, 1948)</PromulgateDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Law No.241</LawNum>
  <LawBody>
    <LawTitle>Law for Amending a Part of the Law for the Establishment of the Deliberation Commission on the Measures for Repatriation</LawTitle>
    <MainProvision>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>A part of the Law for the Establishment of the Deliberation Commission on the Measures for Repatriation (Law No.212 of 1948) shall be amended as follows:</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
        <AmendProvision>
          <NewProvision>
            <Article Num="3">
              <ArticleTitle>Article 3.</ArticleTitle>
              <Paragraph Num="1">
                <ParagraphNum/>
                <ParagraphSentence>
                  <Sentence>The Deliberation Commission shall consist of one (1) chairman, and members not exceeding twenty (20) persons.</Sentence>
                </ParagraphSentence>
              </Paragraph>
              <Paragraph Num="2">
                <ParagraphNum>2</ParagraphNum>
                <ParagraphSentence>
                  <Sentence>The temporary commissioners not exceeding ten (10 persons may, when necessary to investigate and deliberate upon specific matters, be appointed.</Sentence>
                </ParagraphSentence>
              </Paragraph>
              <Paragraph Num="3">
                <ParagraphNum>3</ParagraphNum>
                <ParagraphSentence>
                  <Sentence>The Minister of Welfare shall be assigned to the chairman.</Sentence>
                </ParagraphSentence>
              </Paragraph>
              <Paragraph Num="4">
                <ParagraphNum>4</ParagraphNum>
                <ParagraphSentence>
                  <Sentence>The members shall be appointed by the Prime Minister from among the Vice-Ministers of the Ministries concerned, the Deputy Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board, the President of the Repatriation Relief Agency, representatives of repatriation organizations authorized by the Minister of Welfare, and men of learning and experience.</Sentence>
                </ParagraphSentence>
              </Paragraph>
              <Paragraph Num="5">
                <ParagraphNum>5</ParagraphNum>
                <ParagraphSentence>
                  <Sentence>The temporary commissioners shall be appointed by the Prime Minister from among officials of the authorities concerned and men of learning and experience.</Sentence>
                </ParagraphSentence>
              </Paragraph>
            </Article>
          </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>Minister of Welfare</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>HAYASHI Joji</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </Signatures>
</Law>