Article 1.　The Cultivated Field Adjustment Law (Law No.30 of 1909) shall be abolished.

Article 2.　With respect to cultivated field adjustment which was started with the approval under Art.3 par.1 of the Cultivated Field Adjustment Law and is actually being executed at the time of the enforcement of this Law (including all the procedures which are required after the completion of said cultivated field adjustment;hereinafter the same in this paragraph), and cultivated field adjustment associations or leagues thereof which were organized under the provision of Art.50 or Art.81-(2) of the same Law and are actually existing at the time of the enforcement of this Law and cultivated field adjustment performed thereby, the provisions of the same Law (including orders issued thereunder) shall remain effective even after the enforcement of this Law.

2　The cultivated field adjustment associations or leagues thereof, prescribed in the preceding paragraph, which are actually existing after the expiration of three years'period beginning on the day of the enforcement of this Law (excluding those under liquidation), shall be dissolved at such time.

Article 3.　The management of a tax-reduction or tax-exemption period of lands which have a tax-reduction or tax-exemption period at the time of the enforcement of this Law, and of lands where the cultivated field adjustment prescribed in par.1 of the preceding Article has been executed, shall be as heretofore;the same with the handling of apportioned money existing at the time of the enforcement of this Law, which is prescribed in Art.14 par.3 of the supplementary provisions to the Law concerning the Partial Amendments of the Special Corporation Tax Law and Other Laws (Law No.29 of 1947).

Article 4.　With regard to the application of the penal provisions to actions done prior to the enforcement of this Law (prior to the invalidation of the Cultivated Field Adjustment Law which is effective in accordance with the provision of Art.2 par.1 relative to such cultivated field adjustment, or cultivated field adjustment associations or leagues thereof as prescribed in the same paragraph;hereinafter the same in this Article), the provisions of the Cultivated Field Adjustment Law shall still remain effective even after the enforcement of this Law (after the invalidation of the Cultivated Field Adjustment Law which is effective in accordance with the provision of Art.2 par.1 relative to cultivated field adjustment, or cultivated field adjustment associations or leagues thereof as prescribed in the same paragraph). The same, too, with respect to raising of objections, appeal or lawsuit against actions done prior to the enforcement of this Law, or demand for the determination of indemnity under the provision of Art.87 of the Cultivated Field Adjustment Law, and even within the scope that the latter law applied mutatis mutandis in other laws and orders.

Article 5.　Any cultivated field adjustment association, two-thirds or more of whose membership have qualifications, relative to lands situated within the boundaries of its area, prescribed in Art.3 of the Land Improvement Law (Law No.195 of 1949), may reorganize itself into a land improvement district within the period prescribed in Art.2 par 2.

2　In case any cultivated field adjustment association intends to become a land improvement district in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph, said association must, as prescribed by Ministerial Ordinance, fix the Articles of District and a land improvement project plan based upon its Articles of association and specifications and perform other acts required to become a land improvement district, and obtain an approval thereof from the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture.

3　A resolution at a general meeting of the membership shall be required for fixing the Articles of District and land improvement project plan in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph;in this case the proceedings shall be decided upon by two-thirds or more of the votes of the members present, who total two-thirds or more of the whole membership.

4　To file a petition for the approval under the preceding paragraph, by giving public notice beforehand of said Articles of District and land improvement project plan, as prescribed by Ministerial Ordinance, consent thereto must be obtained from two-thirds or more of the persons with qualifications prescribed in Art.3 of the Land Improvement Law, relative to lands situated within the boundaries of the area covered by said cultivated field adjustment association.

5　Having made the approval under par.2, the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture must give public notice thereof without delay.

6　On receiving the approval under par.2, said cultivated field adjustment association shall become a land improvement district which is to cover the boundaries of said association's area;provided that this can not be made effective against a third person (excluding persons who were members of said cultivated field adjustment association when the approval was issued, and who made the consent of par.4), unless and until public notice prescribed in the preceding paragraph is given.

7　If, in case a cultivated field adjustment association has been reorganized into a land improvement district, any person who was a member of said cultivated field adjustment association has no qualification prescribed in Art.3 of the Land Improvement Law, relative to the whole or a part of lands with reference to the qualifications of the members, said person and said land improvement district must practise a necessary settlement of those rights and obligations concerning the project of said cultivated field adjustment association, which said person has with respect to the whole or a part of said lands.

8　In case a cultivated field adjustment association has become a land improvement district through reorganization, any person who was a member of the same association cannot he exempted from liability prescribed in Art.81 of the Cultivated Field Adjustment Law, with respect to any debt incurred by said cultivated field adjustment association prior to its turning into a land improvement district.

9　The liability under the preceding paragraph shall, as against any creditor who gives no notice or peremptory notice of claim within two years after public notice has been given under the provision of par.6, become extinct after the expiration of such period.

10　When any cultivated field adjustment association has been reorganized into a land improvement district, said district cannot levy and collect money, labor or things to meet expenditure laid out for the project of cultivated field adjustment association, upon and from ary member who had no qualification of the member of such cultivated field adjustment association with respect to the whole or a part of lands with reference to the qualifications of members of said district, as regards the whole or a part of said lands.

11　When any cultivated field adjustment association has been reorganized into a land improvement district, said district may, as fixed by Articles of District, collect from any member mentioned in the preceding paragraph, a sum of money not exceeding the amount equivalent to the profits which said member has come to receive from the facilities maintained by said land improvement district with respect to the whole or a part of said lands. To this case shall apply mutatis mutandis the provision of Art.38 of the Land Improvement Law.

Article 6.　In case all the associations belonging to a league of cultivated field adjustment associations become land improvement districts in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article, said league may become a league of land improvement districts through reorganization within the period prescribed in Art.2 par.2.

2　In case any league of cultivated field adjustment associations intends to become a league of land improvement districts in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph, said league must, as prescribed by Ministerial Ordinance, fix Articles of League of Districts and land improvement project plan based upon its Articles of league of associations and specifications through the consultation of the associations attached thereto, and perform other acts required to become a league of land improvement districts, and obtain an approval thereof from the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture.

3　The approval under par.2 and the approval to each of said associations attached mentioned in par.2 of the preceding Article must be given at the same time.

4　In case the approval under par.2 has been given, the provisions of pars.5 and 6 of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 7.　The Hokkaido Land Development and Conservation Association Law (Law No.12 of 1902) shall be abolished.

2　The provisions of Arts.2, 4 and 5 (excluding the latter part of Art.5 par.3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to Hokkaido Land Development and Conservation Associations.

3　Upon the dissolution in accordance with the provision of Art.2 par.2 that applies mutatis mutandis under the preceding paragraph, any Hokkaido Land Development and Conservation Association must be liquidated.

4　Such Hokkaido Land Development and Conservation Association shall be regarded as still existing in so far as the liquidation is in process under the provision of the preceding paragraph.

Article 8.　The Water Utilization Association Law (Law No.50 of 1908) shall be partially amended as follows:

Article 9.　The provisions of Art.2, Art.4 to Art.6 inclusive and Art.7 pars.3 and 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis to ordinary water utilization associations or leagues thereof, which have been organized in accordance with provisions of the Water Utilization Association Law. In this case, in Art.5 par.3, "general meeting of the membership" and "two-thirds or more of the votes of the members present, who total two-thirds or more of the whole membership" shall read "meeting of the association" and "two-thirds or more of the fixed number of members" respectively.

Article 10.　The provision of Art.9 par.1 of the Water Utilization Association Law prior to the amendment of the same shall, irrespective of the provision of Art.8, remain effective with regard to the flood disaster prevention associations which have been initiated in accordance with the provisions of the same Law and remain existing at the very time of the enforcement of this Law, and which concurrently operate projects concerning irrigation and drainage.

Article 11.　"Water utilization association" which is referred to in other laws and orders shall read "flood disaster prevention association," except as especially provided for by Cabinet Order.

Article 12.　Any land improvement district or league thereof may, as prescribed by Ministerial Ordinance, demand to enter into a conference with a cultivated field adjustment association or a league thereof, or a Hokkaido Land Development and Conservation Association, an ordinary water utilization association or a league thereof, which has completed its project after the enforcement of this Law, in respect of the grant or transfer of irrigation or drainage facilities, agricultural roads or other facilities necessary for the conservation or utilization of agricultural land, which are possessed or maintained by said association or league, and which are situated within the boundaries of said land improvement district or league thereof.

2　In case no conference can be held or no agreement can be reached in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph, the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture, hearing the opinions of the parties interested at the petitions of said parties or one of them, may order the grant or transfer of the facilities under given conditions to persons who possess or maintain said facilities.

3　In case the order of grant or transfer has been issued under the provision of the preceding paragraph, the agreement mentioned in par.1 shall be deemed to have reached between said parties.

4　No appeal for the cancellation or alteration of the order issued under the provision of par.2 can be filed when thirty days have passed after the issuance of said order.

5　Necessary matters for the enforcement of the provision of par.1 shall be fixed by Ministerial Ordinance excepting those provided for by the preceding three paragraphs.

Article 13.　The Law for Reclamation by Dumping of Public Waters (Law No.57 of 1921) shall be partially amended as follows:

2　The cultivated field adjustment prescribed in Art.2 par.1 shall, irrespective of the provision of the preceding paragraph, be as heretofore.

Article 14.　The Hypothec Bank of Japan Law (Law No.82 of 1896) shall be partially amended as follows:

2　The cultivated field adjustment prescribed in Art.2 par.1 shall, irrespective of the provision of the preceding paragraph, be as heretofore.

Article 15.　The Hokkaido Colonial Bank Law (Law No.76 of 1899) shall be partially amended as follows:

2　The cultivated field adjustment prescribed in Art.2 par.1 shall be as heretofore, notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph.

Article 16.　The Central Co-operative Bank for Agriculture and Forestry Law (Law No, 42 of 1923) shall be partially amended as follows:

2　The cultivated field adjustment association and the league of cultivated field adjustment associations prescribed in Art.2 par.1, shall be as heretofore, notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph.

Article 17.　The Law for Disposition of National Property Leased without Charge to Temple, Shrine, etc.(Law No.53 of 1947) shall be partially amended as follows:

2　The cultivated field adjustment prescribed in Art.2 par.1 shall, irrespective of the provision of the preceding paragraph, be as heretofore.

Article 18.　The National Property Law (Law No.73 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows:

2　The ordinary water utilization association prescribed in Art.9 and the Hokkaido Land Development and Conservation Association prescribed in Art.7 par.2 shall be as heretofore, notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph.

Article 19.　The Trade Association Law (Law No.191 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows:

Article 20.　The Registration-Tax (Law No.27 of 1896) shall be partially amended as follows:

Article 21.　The Land Ledger Law (Law No.30 of 1947) shall be partially amended as follows:

Article 22.　The Residential Land Rental Value Temporary Revision Law (Law No.85 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows:

Article 23.　The Agricultural Land Development Law (Law No.65 of 1941) shall lose its effects at whichever earlier date, on December 31, 1950 or when the special liquidator has registered the completion of his special liquidation of the Agricultural Land Development Cooperation in accordance with the provision of Art.19-(4) of the Closed Institutions Ordinance (Imperial Ordinance No.74 of 1947).

2　The Agricultural Land Development Corporation shall not engage in any business except those necessary for transacting the designated business prescribed in Art.3 par.1 of the Closed Institutions Ordinance and for completing the special liquidation prescribed in Art.8-(2) par.1 of the same Ordinance.

3　No Agricultural Land Development Corporation shall be newly established under the Agricultural Land Development Law after the day of the enforcement of this Law.