I hereby promulgate the Law for Construction of Nagasaki International Cultural City based on the provisions of Article 95 of the Japanese Constitution.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This ninth day of the eighth month of the twenty-fourth year of Showa (August 9, 1949)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for Construction of Nagasaki International Cultural City
(Purpose)
Article 1. The purpose of this Law shall be to provide for the construction of Nagasaki as an international cultural city in order to plan the furtherance of international culture and achieve the ideal of eternal peace.
(Planning and Enterprise)
Article 2. Special city planning for the construction of the International Cultural City of Nagasaki (hereinafter referred to as the international cultural city planning) shall include in addition to the city planning provided for by Article 1 of the City Planning Law (Law No.36 of 1919), the planning of such various facilities as will be appropriate for the international cultural city.
2 The special city planning enterprise to construct the International Cultural City of Nagasaki (hereinafter referred to as the international cultural city construction enterprise) shall purpose to put the international cultural city construction enterprise into practice.
(Assistance to Enterprise)
Article 3. The organs concerned of the government and the local public entities shall, in view of the important significance of the object mentioned in Article 1, of the international cultural city construction enterprise, render every possible assistance to the expedition and completion of the enterprise.
(Special Subsidies)
Article 4. Whenever it is deemed necessary for the execution of the international cultural city construction enterprise, the government may transfer the common properties, regardless of the provisions of Article 28 of the National Property Law (Law No.73 of 1948), to the local public entities which will bear the expenses necessary for execution of this enterprise.
(Reports)
Article 5. The executioners of the international cultural city construction enterprise shall make efforts for expediting the completion of that enterprise and shall submit reports on its progress to the Minister of Construction at least once every six months.
2 The Prime Minister shall report to the Diet once every year on the progress of the international cultural city construction enterprise
(Responsibility of the Mayor of Nagasaki)
Article 6. The Mayor of Nagasaki shall make continuous activities for the completion of the Nagasaki International Cultural City, with the co-operation of its inhabitants and by support of the organs concerned.
(Application of the Laws)
Article 7. Unless otherwise provided for by this Law, the special City Planning Law (Law No.19 of 1946) and the City Planning Law shall be applicable to the international cultural city construction planning and the international cultural city construction enterprise.
Supplementary Provisions:
1. This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.
2. The city planning projects and enterprise under execution in the city of Nagasaki at the time of the enforcement of this Law shall be considered as the international cultural city construction enterprise and shall be modified pursuant to Article 3 of the City Planning Law so as to conform to the purport as set forth in Article 2 paragraph 2 of the present Law.
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Attorney-General UEDA Shunkichi
Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato
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 Postal Services OZAWA Saeki
Minister of Telecommunications OZAWA Saeki
Minister of Labor SUZUKI Masabumi
Minister of Construction MASUTANI Shuji
President of Economic Stabilization Board YOSHIDA Shigeru