I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Grocery Distribution Kodan Law, etc. 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.171 Law for Partial Amendments to the Grocery Distribution Kodan Law, etc.

(Amendments to the Grocery Distribution Kodan Law) Article 1. The Grocery Distribution Kodan Law (Law No.201, 1947) shall be partially amended as follows: In Article 1 paragraph 1, "(including monosodium glutamate)" and "canned-food" shall be deleted. In Article 3 paragraph 3, "shall be obtained by loan from the Reconstruction Finance Bank" shall be amended as "may be obtained by loans" . In Article 31 paragraph 1, "July 1, 1949" shall be amended as "April 1, 1950" .

(Amendments to the Feed Distribution Kodan Law) Article 2. The Feed Distribution Kodan Law (Law No.202, 1947) shall be partially amended as follows: In Article 3 paragraph 3, "shall be obtained by loan from the Reconstruction Finance Bank" shall be amended as "may be obtained by loans" . In Article 32 paragraph 1, "July 1, 1949" shall be amended as "April 1, 1950" .

(Amendments to the Oilstuff Distribution Kodan Law) Article 3. The Oilstuff Distribution Kodan Law (Law No.203, 1947) shall be partially amended as follows: In Article 3 paragraph 1, "10,000,000 yen" shall be amended as "1,510,000,000 yen" and in paragraph 3 of the same Article, "shall be obtained by loan from the Reconstruction Finance Bank" shall be amended as "may be obtained by loans" . In Article 31 paragraph 1, "July 1, 1949" shall be amended as "April 1, 1950" .

(Amendments to the Food Control Law) Article 4. The Food Control Law (Law No.40 1942) shall be partially amended as follows: In Article 16 paragraph 3, "shall be obtained by loan from the Reconstruction Finance Bank" shall read "may be obtained by loans" . In Article 20, paragraph 1, "July 1, 1949" shall be amended as "April 1, 1950" .

(Amendments to the Fertilizer Distribution Kodan Ordinance) Article 5. The Fertilizer Distribution Kodan Ordinance (Imperial Ordinance No.171, 1947) shall be partially amended as follows: In Article 3 paragraph 3, "shall be obtained by loan from the Reconstruction Finance Bank" shall be amended as "may be obtained by loans" . In Article 32 paragraph 1, "July 1, 1949" shall be amended as "April 1, 1950" .

Supplementary Provisions: 1. The present Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. 2. Regardless of the provisions of Article 1 paragraph 1 and Article 15 paragraph 1 of the Grocery Distribution Kodan Law, the Grocery Distribution Kodan may dispose of the canned food owned or possessed by the said Kodan at the time of enforcement of this Law. In this case, the provisions of Article 25, item (1) of the Grocery Distribution Kodan Law shall not apply. Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato Minister of Agriculture and Forestry MORI Kotaro