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