Law for Partial Amendments to the National Government Organization Law
法令番号: 法律第124号
公布年月日: 昭和24年5月31日
法令の形式: 法律

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I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the National Government Organization Law.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This thirty-first day of the fifth month of the twenty-fourth year of Showa (May 31, 1949)
Prime Minister　YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law No.124
Law for Partial Amendments to the National Government Organization Law
The National Government Organization Law (Law No.120 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 5 paragraph 1, "the Cabinet Law" shall be amended as "the Cabinet Law (Law No.5 of 1947)" .
Article 17 shall be amended as follows:
(Positions in Administrative Organs)
Article 17.　The Attorney-General's Office, various Ministries and administrative organs the heads of which are provided for by law to be the Prime Minister or other Ministers of State may have one Parliamentary Vice-Minister (Seimu Jikan) each. The position of the Parliamentary Vice-Minister shall be in the special government service.
2　The total number of the Parliamentary Vice-Ministers to be established in the administrative organs as provided for by the preceding paragraph shall not exceed the total number of Prime Minister and other Ministers of State as provided for in Article 2 of the Cabinet Law.
3　The Parliamentary Vice-Minister shall assist the Minister who is the head of the organ, participate in the formation of policies and program planning, and administer the political affairs.
4　The appointment and dismissal of the Parliamentary Vice-Minister shall be made by the Cabinet at the request of the Minister who is the head of the organ.
5　In case of the resignation en masse of the Cabinet, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister shall lose his position at the time when the Prime Minister and all the other Ministers of State lose their positions.
Next to Article 17, the following Article shall be added:
Article 17-(2).　Each Ministry shall have one Administrative Vice-Minister (Jimu Jikan).
2　The Administrative Vice-Minister shall assist the Minister who is the head of the Ministry, regulate the ministerial affairs and exercise supervision over the affairs of the various subdivisions and organs.
In Article 18 paragraph 1, "two Confidential Secretaries" shall be amended as "three Confidential Secretaries" .
Next to Article 24, the following Article shall be added:
Article 24-(2).　Up to May 31, 1950, notwithstanding the provision of Article 7 paragraph 1, the Divisions listed on the right column of Annexed Table No.2 may be established in the Secretariats or Bureaus of Office, Ministry or Board listed on the left column of the same Appendix, as provided for by laws separately.
2　Up to May 31, 1950, notwithstanding the provision of Article 7 paragraph 2, the Bureaus listed on the right column of Annexed Table No.3 may be established only in the Agencies listed on the left column of the same Annexed Table, as provided for by laws separately.
3　Divisions or Bureaus established in accordance with the preceding two paragraphs shall be abolished as of May 31, 1950.
Next to Annexed Table No.1, the following shall be added:
Annexed Table No.2
Secretariat or Bureau of Office, Ministry or Board
Division
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister's Secretariat
Decoration Division
Statistics Bureau
Population Division
Economics Division
Tabulation Division
Attorney-General's Office
Attorney-General's Secretariat
Accounts Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Political Affairs Bureau
Public Information Division
Ministry of Finance
Minister's Secretariat
Research Division
Tax Bureau Customs Division
Banking Bureau
Inspection Division
Ministry of Education
Administrative Bureau Educational
Facilities Division
Ministry of Welfare
Minister's Secretariat
Statistics and Research Division
National Parks Division
Public Sanitation Bureau
Environmental Sanitation Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Agricultural Administration Bureau
Agricultural Cooperatives Division
Agricultural Land Bureau
Management Division
Planning Division
Construction Division
Agricultural Improvement Bureau
Statistics and Research Division
Research Division
Extension Division
Livestock Bureau
Horse Racing Division
Ministry of International Trade and industry
Minister's Secretariat
Research and Statistics Division
Trade Promotion Bureau
Accounts Division
Enterprise Bureau
Procurement and Reparations Division
Machinery Bureau
Electric Communication Equipment Division
Vehicles Division
Chemistry Bureau
Chemical Fertilizer Division
Ministry of Transportation
Minister's Secretariat
Transportation Coordination Division
Railway Bureau
National Railways Division
Private Railways Division
Highway Transportation Bureau
Transportation Division
Supply and Equipment Division
Ministry of Labor
Minister's Secretariat
Labor Statistics and Research Division
Ministry of Construction
Management and Superintendence Bureau
Building and Repairs Division
Economic Stabilization Board
President's Secretariat
Liaison Division
Annexed Table No.3
Agency
Bureau
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Resources Agency
Coal Control Bureau
Coal Production Bureau
Mine Bureau
Mine Safety Bureau
Electric Power Bureau
In Article 25 paragraph 2, "Vice-Ministers" shall be amended as "Administrative Vice-Ministers" .
Supplementary Provisions:
1　This Law shall come into force as from June 1, 1919.
2　In case a Parliamentary Vive-Minister is established in the Economic Stabilization Board (not including the case where such is established in the external organ of the Board), "the Minister who is the head of the organ" in Article 17 paragraphs 3 and 4 shall read "the Minister who is the Director-General" .
3　Notwithstanding the provision of Article 24 paragraph 2 of the National Government Organization Law, the provisions of Article 17-(2) shall not apply mutatis mutandis to the Economic Stabilization Board.
4　In other laws and ordinances, "Vice-Minister" shall read "Administrative Vice-Minister" , and "Vice-Minister of such and such Ministry" shall read "Administrative Vice-Minister of such and such Ministry" , unless it is specifically mentioned as "Parliamentary Vice-Minister" .
3　The Law concerning Salary and Other Compensations of National Public Service Personnel in the Special Government Service (Law No.268 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows:
Article 1 item (9) shall be amended as follows;
(9)　Parliamentary Vice-Minister and Parliamentary Councillor.
In the Annexed Table:
"Chief Cabinet Secretary
\28,000"
shall be amended as
"Director of the Cabinet
Secretariat
\28,000"
Parliamentary Vice-Ministerand "Parliamentary Vice-Minister" shall be amended as "Parliamentary Councillor" .
Prime Minister　YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister for Foreign Affairs　YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Finance　IKEDA Hayato
Attorney-General　UEDA Shunkichi
Minister of Education　TAKASE Sotaro
Minister of Welfare　HAYASHI Joji
Minister or Agriculture and Forestry　MORI Kotaro
Minister of International Trade and Industry　INAGAKI Heitaro
Minister of Transportation　OYA Shinzo
Minister of Communications　OZAWA Saeki
Minister of Labor　SUZUKI Masabumi
Minister of Construction　MASUTANI Shuji