I hereby promulgate the Law for the Fixed Number of Personnel in the Administrative Organs. 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.126 Law for the Fixed Number of Personnel in the Administrative Organs

(Definitions) Article 1. "Administrative Organs" as used in this Law shall mean the Prime Minister's Office, the Attorney-General's Office, various Ministries, Economic Stabilization Board and external organs attached thereto, while "personnel" , with the exceptions of paragraph 4 and paragraphs 6 to 10 inclusive of the Supplementary Provisions, shall mean all persons in the regular government service employed on full time basis (excluding persons employed for a period not exceeding two months) in such administrative organs.

(Fixed Numbers of Personnel in Administrative Organs) Article 2. The fixed numbers of personnel for each administrative organs are as follows: Prime Minister's Office Office Proper 2,260 Statistics Commission 63 Fair Trade Commission 323 National Election Administration Commission 48 National Public Safety Commission National Rural Police 47,001 Among this number, 30,000 are police officials. National Fire-prevention Agency 122 Public Office Qualifications Appeal Commission 60 Foreign Exchange Control Commission 44 Imperial Household Agency 928 Special Procurement Agency 6,941 Reparations Agency 172 Administrative Management Agency 66 Local Autonomy Agency 105 Total 58,133 Attorney-General's Office Office Proper 40,876 Among the above number, 11,476 are personnel of Public Procurator's Office. National Offenders prevention and Rehabilitation Commission 1,029 Judicial Examination Administration Commission - Total 41,905 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry Proper 1,556 Ministry of Finance Ministry Proper 13,321 Securities and Exchange Commission 145 Tax Administration Agency 60,495 Mint Agency 2,023 Printing Agency 9,030 Total 85,014 Ministry of Education Ministry Proper 63,090 Among the above number, 60,940 are personnel of National Schools. Ministry of Welfare Ministry Proper 40,297 Repatriation Relief Agency 5,066 Total 45,363 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Ministry Proper 32,634 Food Agency 29,202 Forestry Agency 25,272 Fisheries Agency 1,852 Total 88,960 Ministry of International Trade and Industry Ministry Proper 13,882 Among the above two numbers,183 are mine inspectors. Resources Agency 2,373 Agency of Industrial Science and Technology 4,365 Patent Agency 545 Smaller Enterprises Agency 94 Total 21,259 Ministry of Transportation Ministry Proper 18,435 Mariners'Labor Relations Commission 59 Maritime Safety Agency 8,137 Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency 73 Total 26,704 Ministry of Postal Services Ministry Proper 260,655 Ministry of Telecommunications Ministry Proper 138,835 Radio Regulatory Agency 3,802 Aeronautical Aids Agency 1,096 Total 143,733 Ministry of Labor Ministry Proper 19,881 Central Labor Belations Commission 99 Public Corporations Arbitration Commission 19 National Railways Central Mediation Commission 15 Monopoly Public Corporation Central Mediation Commission 11 National Railways Local Mediation Commission 63 Monopoly Public Corporation Local Mediation Commission 45 Total 20,133 Ministry of Construction Ministry Proper 10,907 Economic Stabilization Board Board Proper 1,248 Price Agency 858 Economic Investigation Agency 3,719 Foreign Investment Commission - Total 5,825 Grand Total 873,237 2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the fixed number of personnel in the Repatriation Relief Agency may be increased by Cabinet Order within the limit of the budget any appropriations when the condition of the business of repatriation relief specially necessitates it. 3 Besides the fixed number of personnel prescribed in paragraph 1, personnel not exceeding 5,406 in all may be employed, for the time being, in various administrative organs, for the purpose of handling businesses defrayed by Termination of War Business Appropriation, Special Properties Disposition Auxiliary Business Appropriation, Allied Properties Reinstatement Appropriation, Looted Properties Reinstatement Appropriation, Reparation Equipment Disposition Auxiliary Business Appropriation and Reparation Equipment Administration Appropriation. 4 The number of personnel provided for in the preceding paragraph for each administrative organ shall be fixed by Cabinet Order.

(Fixed Number of Personnel in the Internal Subdivisions, Local Branch Offices and Auxiliary Organs) Article 3. The number of personnel to be employed in each subdivision, local branch office and auxiliary organ of administrative organs shall be fixed by a Prime Minister's Office Ordinance, Attorney-General's Office Ordinance, Economic Stabilization Board Ordinance, or by ministerial ordinances within the limits of fixed numbers of personnel of respective administrative organs prescribed in paragraph 1 of the preceding Article. The foregoing provision, however, shall not apply in the case otherwise provided for by law separately.

(Report on the Number of Personnel Actually Employed) Article 4. Heads of administrative organs shall report, as of the first day of each month, the number of personnel actually employed in their respective organs to the Director of the Administrative Management Agency.

Supplementary Provisions: 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. 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 of 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