I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendment to the Law for the Total Number of Court Officials. Signed:HTROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-first day of the twelfth month of the twenty-third year of Showa (December 21, 1948) Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Law No.261 Law for Partial Amendment to the Law for the Total Number of Court Officials The Law for the Total Number of Court Officials (Law No.64 of 1947) shall partially be amended as follows: In Art.1, "Judges full time service 867 persons," "Assistant Judges full time service 307 persons"and "Judges of the Summary Court full time service 645 persons" shall read respectively "Judges full time service 957 persons," "Assistant Judges full time service 325 persons"and "Judges of the Summary Court full time service 693 persons." In Art.4, "full time service 5 persons 1st Class," "full time service 759 persons 2nd Class"and "full time service 4,551 persons 3rd Class" shall read respectively "full time service 6 persons 1st Class," "full time service 1,139 persons 2nd Class"and "full time service 5,584 persons 3rd Class." In Art.5, "full time service 4 persons 2nd Class"and "full time service 25 persons 3rd Class" shall read respectively "full time service 34 persons 2nd Class"and "full time service 37 persons 3rd Class." In Art.6, "full time service 58 persons" shall read "full time service 83 persons." Supplementary Provision: The present Law shall come into force as from January 1, 1949. Attorney-General UEDA Shunkichi Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru