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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="Act" Num="123" PromulgateDay="31" PromulgateMonth="5" Year="24">
  <PromulgateBody>
    <PromulgateStatement>I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the National Government Organization Law.</PromulgateStatement>
    <ImperialSignature>Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor</ImperialSignature>
    <PromulgateDate>This thirty-first day of the fifth month of the twenty-fourth year of Showa (May 31, 1949)</PromulgateDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Law No.123</LawNum>
  <LawBody>
    <LawTitle>Law for Partial Amendments to the National Government Organization Law</LawTitle>
    <MainProvision>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>The National Government Organization Law (Law No.120 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows:</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
        <AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvisionSentence>
            <Sentence>In Article 3 paragraph 4 and Article 22 paragraph 2, "Appendix" shall be amended as Annexed Table No.1".</Sentence>
          </AmendProvisionSentence>
        </AmendProvision>
        <AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvisionSentence>
            <Sentence>Next to Article 27, the following Annexed Table shall be added:</Sentence>
          </AmendProvisionSentence>
          <NewProvision>
            <AppdxTable>
              <AppdxTableTitle>Annexed Table No.1 (Pursuance for the provision of Article 27)</AppdxTableTitle>
              <TableStruct>
                <Table>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Office, Ministry or Board</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Commission</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Agency</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Kodan</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Prime Minister's Office</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Statistics Commission Imperial Household Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Fair Trade Commission</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>National Election Administration Commission</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>National Public Safety Commission</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Public Office Qualifications Appeal Commission</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Foreign Exchange Contro Commission</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                      <Sentence>Special Procurement Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Reparations Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Administrative Management Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Local Autonomy Agency</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Attorney-General's Office</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>National Offenders Preventionand Rehabilitation Commission</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Judicial Examination Administration Commission</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of Foreign Affairs</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of Finance</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Securities and Exchange Commission</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Tax Administration Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Mint Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Printing Agency</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of Education</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of Welfare</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Repatriation Relief Agency</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Food Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Forestry Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Fisheries Agency</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Fertilizer Distribution Kodan</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Feedstuff Distribution Kodan</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Food Distribution Kodan</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Grocery Distribution Kodan</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Oilstuff Distribution Kodan</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of International Trade and Industry</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Resources Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Agency of Industrial Science and Technology</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Patent Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Smaller Enterprises Agency</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Solid Fuel Distribution Kodan</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>industrial Reconstruction Kodan</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Foreign Trade Kodan</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of Transportation</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Mariner'sLabor Relations Commission</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Maritime Safety Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Vessels Kodan</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of Postal Services</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of Telecommunications</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Radio Regulatory Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Aeronautical Aids Agecy</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of Labor</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Central Labor Relations Commission</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Public Corporations Art biration Commission</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>National Railways Central Mediation Commission</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Monopoly Public Corporation Central Mediation Commission</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>National Railways Local Mediation Commission</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Monopoly Public Corporation Local Mediation Commission</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Ministry of Construction</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence/>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                  <TableRow>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Economic Stabilization Board</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Foreign Investment Commission</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Price Agency</Sentence>
                      <Sentence>Price Adjustment Kodan</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                    <TableColumn>
                      <Sentence>Economic Investigation Agency</Sentence>
                    </TableColumn>
                  </TableRow>
                </Table>
              </TableStruct>
            </AppdxTable>
          </NewProvision>
        </AmendProvision>
      </Paragraph>
    </MainProvision>
    <SupplProvision>
      <SupplProvisionLabel>Supplementary Provision:</SupplProvisionLabel>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>In this Law, the part concerning the National offenders Prevention and Rehabilitation Commission shall come into force as from July 1, 1949, and the rest as from June 1, 1949.</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
      </Paragraph>
    </SupplProvision>
  </LawBody>
  <Signatures>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister for Foreign Affairs</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Finance</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>IKEDA Hayato</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Attorney-General</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>UEDA Shunkichi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Education</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>TAKASE Sotaro</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Welfare</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>HAYASHI Joji</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Agriculture and Forestry</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>MORI Kotaro</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of International Trade and Industry</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>INAGAKI Heitaro</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Transportation</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>OYA Shinzo</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Communications</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>OZAWA Saeki</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Labor</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>SUZUKI Masabumi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Construction</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>MASUTANI Shuji</Name>
    </Signature>
  </Signatures>
</Law>