I hereby promulgate the law for Partial Amendments to the Law concerning the Protection of the Government against Unjust Claims and Others. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This thirtieth day of the fourth month of the twenty-fourth year of Showa (April 30, 1949) Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Law No.39 Law for Partial Amendments to the Law concerning the Protection of the Government against Unjust Claims and Others The following amendments shall be made to the Law concerning the Protection of the Government against Unjust Claims and Others (Law No.171 of 1947): In Article 1, the following one item shall be added: 4 Goods or services to be supplied by contracts which the Government concluded under open competitive bidding or limited competitive bidding in accordance with the provisions of Sections I, II and III of Chapter VII of Budget, Settlement of Accounts and Accounts Regulations (Imperial Ordinance No.165 of 1947). In Article 9, paragraph 2, "of items 1 and 2" shall be deleted. Supplementary Provisions: 1 The present Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. 2 Contracts completed before the enforcement of the present Law shall be followed to the precedents. Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato Attorney-General UEDA Shunkichi Minister of Education TAKASE Sotaro Minister of Welfare HAYASHI Joji Minister of Agriculture and Forestry MORI Kotaro Minister of Commerce and Industry INAGAKI Heitaro Minister of Transportation OYA Shinzo Minister of Communications OZAWA Saeki Minister of Labor SUZUKI Masabumi Minister of Construction MASUTANI Shuji