I hereby promulgate the Law for Adjustment of Laws relating to Labor pursuant to Enforcement of 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 for Adjustment of Laws relating to Labor pursuant to Enforcement of the National Government Organization Law
Article 1. The Labor Standards Law (Law No.49 of 1947) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Art.29 par.2, "Special Committee" shall be amended as "Special Deliberation Council."
In Arts.29 and 30, "Wage Board" shall be amended as "Wage Council."
In Art.29 par.1 and Art.100, "Central Wage Board" and "Local Wage Board" shall be respectively amended as "The Central Wage Council" and "The Local Wage Council."
In Art.74 and Art.100 par.1, "Committee for the Training of Skilled Laborers" shall be amended as "The Apprenticeship Council."
In Art.86 and Art.100 par.3, "Appeal Board of Workmen's Accident Compensation (Shinso Iinkai)" shall be amended as "The Worker's Accident Compensation Insurance Appeal Committee."
In Art.97 par.4, "The authorized number of officials of Labor Standards Bureau," shall be deleted and "administrative scope, and the authorized number of officials" shall be amended as "and administrative scope."
In Arts.98 and 100, "Committee for Labor Standard" shall be amended as "Labor Standards Council."
Art.99 par.4 and Art.100 par.1, "The Limitation Committee for Labor Standard Inspectors" shall be amended as "the Committee for the status of Labor Standards Inspectors."
Article 2. The Worker's Accident Compensation Insurance Law (Law No.50 of 1947) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Arts.4, 5 and 56, "Worker's Accident Compensation Insurance Advisory Committee" shall be amended as "The Worker's Accident Compensation Insurance Council."
In Art.35 par.1, Arts.36, 39 and 41, "Insurance Examination Board" shall be amended as "The Worker's Accident Compensation Insurance Appeal Committee."
Article 3. The Employment Security Law (Law No.141 of 1947) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Art.8 par.4, "the authorized number of personnel" shall be deleted.
In Art.12, "Employment Security Advisory Committee," "National Employment Security Advisory Committee," "Prefectural Employment Security Advisory Committee," "Labor Market Area Employment Security Advisory Committee" and "Additional Employment Security Advisory Committee" shall be respectively amended as "The Employment Security Council," "The Central Employment Security Council," "Prefectural Employment Security Council," "The Labor-market-area Employment Security Council" and "The Additional Employment Security Council."
In Art.32 and Art.33 par.2, "National Employment Security Advisory Committee" shall be amended as "The Central Employment Security Advisory Committe."
In Art.33, "Interdepartmental Committee" shall be amended as "The Employment Service Coordination Conference."
Supplementary Provision:
This Law shall come into force as from June 1, 1949.