The Food Control Law (Law No.40 of 1942) shall be partially amended as follows: In Art.2, "including processed foods thereof" shall be amended as "including processed foods thereof designated by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry" . The following five Articles shall be added next to Art.8:

Article 8-(2). The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry shall monthly determine a distribution plan of staple foods and shall direct it to Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures. Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures shall, in compliance with the direction specified in the preceding paragraph, formulate a distribution plan of the staple foods in To, Do, Fu and prefectures concerned and shall direct matters necessary for the implementation thereof to the Food Distribution Kodan and to Mayors of cities, towns and villages.

Article 8-(3). The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry shall issue a purchasing coupon or a purchasing book (hereinafter referred to as "the purchasing ticket" ) which certifies the staple food ration quota to a person who consumes the rationed staple foods for self-living or business purpose (hereinafter referred to as "the consumer" ). The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry may entrust parts of affairs concerning the issuance of the purchasing ticket mentioned in the preceding paragraph to other administrative organs or to Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures in accordance with the provisions of Cabinet Orders. In such a case, no such administrative organs concerned or Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures shall issue purchasing tickets in excess of the maximum amount of issue that may be fixed by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures, when they deem it necessary, may issue purchasing tickets to consumers in accordance with directions of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in addition to those provided for in par.1 Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures may entrust affairs necessary for issuing purchasing tickets mentioned in par.1 or in the preceding paragraph to Mayors of cities, towns and villages. The provision of the latter part of par.2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case to the preceding paragraph;however, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry shall read Governor of To, Do, Fu and prefectures.

Article 8-(4). The Food Distribution Kodan shall sell staple foods to consumers in exchange for the purchasing tickets concerned or by entering necessary items in the purchasing tickets concerned, in compliance with directions of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry or of Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures given under the provision of Art.8-(2) par.1 and also it compliance with the stipulations shown in the purchasing tickets mentioned in the preceding paragraph. Consumers shall not purchase staple food from the Food Distribution Kodan unless they do so in accordance with the stipulations mentioned in the purchasing tickets and in exchange for the purchasing tickets concerned or by having necessary items entered in the purchasing tickets concerned. The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs shall not apply to the case where calamity prevent these provisions from being carried out or other cases designated by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

Article 8-(5). Purchasing tickets shall be neither ceded to nor taken over from other persons.

Article 8-(6). Necessary matters concerning purchasing tickets, other than those provided for it the preceding four Articles shall be provided for by Cabinet Order.

Article 9 shall be amended as follows:

Article 9. The Government may when he deems it especially necessary, in order to ensure the fair and equitable distribution of staple foods and further to effectuate the purpose of this Law, issue necessary orders governing the distribution, processing, manufacturing, transfer and other dispositions, use, consumption, custody and movement of staple food-stuffs in accordance with the provisions of Cabinet Orders. When the Government issues orders as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, he shall make public the reason thereof. In case where the orders have, as prescribed in par.1, been issued, those persons who are not satisfied with the provisions of the said orders may appeal to the President of the Economic Stabilization Board in accordance with the provisons of Cabinet Order;however, the same shall not apply to those persons who are not directly interested in the said orders. When the President of the Economic Stabilization Board has received the appeal specified in the preceding paragraph, he shall make his decision within fifty days after the receipt of such appeal. When the President of the Economic Stabilization Board intends to make his decision on the subject referred to in the preceding paragraph, he shall give the said appellant a chance for a public hearing prior to his decision in accordance with the provisions of Cabinet Order. When the President of the Economic Stabilization Board has made his decision specified in par.4, he shall notify it to the person who made the said orders and the said appellant.

The following one Article shall be added next to Art.13:

Article 13-(2). The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry may, when he deems it necessary, order Governors of To, Do, Fu, and prefectures to submit a report on necessary matters concerning the management of staple foods. Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures may, following the example set forth in the preceding paragraph, order Mayors of cities, towns and villages to submit a report.

In Art.16 par.1, "130,000,000 yen" shall be amended as "180,000,000 yen" . Article 28 par.2 shall be amended as follows: Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures may supervise the operation of the Food Distribution Kodan with regard to the formulation and implementation of the enforcement plan under the provision of Art.8-(2) par.2 and other matters provided for by Cabinet Orders. The following two Articles shall be added next to Art.30-(7):

Article 30-(8). Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures may, when they deem it especially necessary, make special exceptions with regard of the staple food management for isolated islands or remote villages in spite of the provisions of this Law with the prior approval of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. Governors of To, Do, Fu and prefectures may, when they deem it necessary, make special exceptions with regard to the management of the broken or crushed rice, wheat, etc. in spite of the provisions of this Law with the prior approval of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

Article 30-(9). The Government may, when he deems it necessary, entrust to the chief of local public body such necessary matters concerning the management of staple foods in accordance with the provisions of Cabinet Orders in addition to matters provided for in this Law.

In Art.31, "orders under the provision of Art.9 or Art.10" shall be amended as "orders under the provision of Art.8-(5) or under the provision of Art.9 par.1 or Art.10" . In Art.31-(3) item (2) shall be made item (3), item (1) shall be made item (2) and the following one item shall be added as item (1): (1) Cases of violation of the provision of Art.8-(4) par.1; In Art.32 par.1, item (2) shall be made item (3) and the following one item shall be added as item (2), and in par.2, "item (2) of the preceding paragraph" shall be amended as "item (3) of the preceding paragraph" . (2) Persons who have violated the provision of Art.8-(4) par.2;