Article 1.　The object of this Law is to control restaurant business in a rational manner with a view to prevent black-market transactions in staple and other foods and to promote effective utilization thereof.

Article 2.　The term "restaurant business" as used in this Law means any business for equipping with facilities necessary for food-dispensing business and serving food and/or drinks to customers.

Article 3.　A person desiring to conduct a restaurant business shall, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the competent Minister, obtain license issued by the prefectural governor for each of the following types of business.

2　The prefectural governor shall not, in the case of business requiring license in accordance with the provisions of the laws mentioned hereunder, give the license as provided for in the preceding paragraph unless the applicant is duly licensed under the same laws.

3　The prefectural governor shall not, at the same place, grant licence for more than two types of restaurant business specified in Par.1, except under the extraordinary circumstances.

4　The prefectural governor shall not, in issuing the license mentioned in the provisions of Par.1, grant licence when he deems it detrimental to the rational consumption of food after investigation business facilities, site and estimated number of guests, etc.

Article 4.　Any person licensed in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article shall keep the license issued by the prefectural governor within the premises and shall display asign in the from as determined by the competent Minister in front of the premises or any other place easily visible from outside the premises.

Article 5.　No one engaged in restaurant business shall engage in custom processing or cooking of food and/or drink, upon order of consumers.

Article 6.　No one engaged in restaurant business shall serve designated staple food except in cases where persons engaged in hotel and inn, meal-coupon restaurant and noodle meal-coupon restaurant business serve it in connection with their business in exchange for valid meal-coupons.

Article 7.　No one engaged in hotel and inn, meal-coupon restaurant and noodle meal-coupon restaurant business shall serve food unless in exchange for meal-coupons.

Article 8.　No one engaged in light restaurant business shall serve food unless in exchange for grocery coupons prescribed by the competent Minister.

Article 9.　A person engaged in restaurant business shall observe such official prices as may be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Price Control Ordinance (Imperial Ordinance No.18 of 1946) with regard to food and drink he serves.

Article 10.　A person engaged in restaurant business shall, in conformity with the provisions stipulated by the competent Mininister, report to the prefectural governor on the number of meal or grocery coupons exchanged in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 or Article 8 after verification by the head of city, town and village or other person designated by the competent Minister.

Article 11.　When the prefectural governor discovered that a person engaged in restaurant business under license has violated the provisions of this Law or order to disposition issued under this Law or made fales statement or misrepresentation in an application for license or report under this Law or committed an unlawful act in connection with the acquisition of materials, and others, and deemed it inconsistent conspicuously with the purpose of Article 1, the governor may suspend his business or revoke his license.

2　When the number of meal or grocery coupons reported by a person engaged in restaurant business under the preceding Article has failed to reach the number fixed by the competent Minister over the period determined by the same Minister, the prefectural governor shall suspend his business or revoke his license except in cases where the prefectural governor finds unusual circumstances explaining the failure to acquire the prescribed number.

3　The prefectural governor shall, in disposing according to the preceding two paragraphs, ask for appearance of a person engaged in the said business or of his representative and conduct the open hearing.

4　The prefectural governor shall inform the person engaged in restaurant business within one week prior to the date of open hearing of the acts of violation deemed to be the causes for the dispositions mentioned in Par.1 or Par.2, the date and place of open hearing, and shall give the public notice of the date and place thereof.

Article 12.　A parson who engages in the restaurant business without a license issued under Paragraph 1 of Article 3 shall be subjected to penal servitude not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding 300,000 yen.

Article 13.　A person who has violated the provisions of Article 5 to 8 inclusive shall be subjected to a fine not exceeding 100,000 yen.

Article 14.　A parson who has committed one of the offences mentioned hereunder shall be subjected to a fine not exceeding 500,000 yen:

Article 15.　A person who has committee an offence as mentioned in Article 12 may be subjected to penal servitude as well as to a fine jointly in case the circumstances justify.

Article 16.　When a representative of a juridical parson, agent, employee of or any other person engaged by a juridical or natural person has committed an offence as mentioned in Articles 12 to 14 inclusive in connection with the business of the said juridical or natural person, not only the offender shall be punished but also the juridical or natural person concerned shall be subjected to penalties as provided for in the said Articles.