1　This Law shall come into force as from June 1, 1949. However, the part dealing with the National Offenders Prevention and Rehabilitation Commission shall come into force as from July 1, 1949, and the part dealing with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry shall apply as from the day of enforcement of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry Establishment Law (Law No.102 of 1949).

2　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2 paragraph 1, the fixed number of personnel in the Office Proper of the Attorney-General's Office shall be 41,854 till June 30, 1949.

3　Personnel employed in various administrative organs shall be gradually decreassed within the period ending by September 30, 1949, so that their number as of October 1, 1949, will not exceed the fixed number prescribed in Article 2. During that period personnel supernumerary of the fixed number prescribed in the same Article shall be regarded as outside the limitation of fixed number of personnel.

4　Fixed number of personnel (including Koin and Yonin) in To, Do, Fu and prefectures as prescribed by Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Local Autonomy Law (Law No.67 of 1947) shall be prescribed by Cabinet Order issued thereunder. The provision of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the above personnel.

5　In regard to personnel demoted or dismissed in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the provisions from Articles 89 to Article 92 inclusive of the National Public Service Law shall not apply.

6　Personnel of the Japan Monopoly Public Corporation shall be gradually decreased during the period ending by September 30, 1949, so that their number will not exceed 38,114 as of October 1, 1949.

7　Personnel of the Japanese National Railways shall be gradually decreased during the period ending by September 30, 1949, so that their number will not exceed 506,734 as of October 1, 1949.

8　In executing the adjustment provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, the Presidents of the Japan Monopoly Public Corporation and the Japanese National Railways may demote or dismiss personnel against his will.

9　The provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 8 and Article 19 of the Public Corporations Labor Relations Law (Law No.257 of 1948) shall not apply to the case of the preceding three paragraphs.

10　The provisions of Article 17-(2) of the Japan Monopoly Public Corporation Law (Law No.255 of 1948) shall not apply to the personnel of the Japan Monopoly Public Corporation who retire by the adjustment prescribed in paragraph 6.

11　Separation allowances to be paid to the personnel who retire by the adjustment prescribed in paragraphs 3, 4, 6 and 7, shall be decided separately by Cabinet Order within the limit of the budget any appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1949-50 with consideration to their relationship with the allowances and other payments based on the Pensions Law (Law No.48 of 1923), the National Public Service Mutual Aid Association Law (Law No.69 of 1948) and the Law for the Temporary Measures concerning Allowances for the Government Personnel in Relation to the Enforcement of the Labor Standard Law and Others (Law No.167 of 1947).

12　The treatment of personnel not yet repatriated shall be as heretofore. The foregoing provision shall apply mutatis mutandis to the personnel of the Japan Monopoly Public Corporation and the Japanese National Railways not yet repatriated.

13　Law for the Temporary Measures pending the Enactment and Enforcement of the National Government Organization Law (Law No.30 of 1948) and Law for the Provisional Measures and Others concerning the Establishment and Increase of the Fixed Number of Personnel in the Administrative Organs (Law No.247 of 1948) shall be abolished.