I hereby premulgate the Law for the Abrogation o the Horse Castration Law.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-second day of the twelfth month of the twenty-third year of Showa (December 22, 1948)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for the Abrogation of the Horse Castration Law
Article 1. The Horse Castration Law (Law No.22 of 1901) shall be abrogated.
Article 2. In regard to the castration conducted prior to the date of abrogation of the Horse Castration Law in accordance with the provisions of the same Law, the provisions of Article 5 of the same Law shall remain in effect even after the enforcement of the present Law.
Supplementary Provision:
The present Law shall come into force as from January 1, 1949.