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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="Act" Num="222" PromulgateDay="4" PromulgateMonth="11" Year="24">
  <PromulgateBody>
    <PromulgateStatement>I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Law concerning the Payment of Revenues by means of Stamps, etc.</PromulgateStatement>
    <ImperialSignature>Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor</ImperialSignature>
    <PromulgateDate>This fourth day of the eleventh month of the twenty-fourth year of Showa (November 4, 1949)</PromulgateDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Law No.222</LawNum>
  <LawBody>
    <LawTitle>Law for Partial Amendments to the Law concerning the Payment of Revenues by means of Stamps, etc.</LawTitle>
    <MainProvision>
      <Article Num="1">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 1.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The Law concerning the Payment of Revenues by means of Stamps (Law No.142 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows:</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 1, "Article 61 of the Juvenile Law (Law No.42 of 1922)" shall be amended as "Article 31 paragraph 1 of the Juvenile Law (Law No.168 of 1948)" .</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>To Article 2 paragraph 1, the following proviso shall be added:</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
            <NewProvision>
              <Sentence Function="proviso">;provided, however, that this shall not apply to the case where insurance premiums are paid in accordance with the provision of Article 38-(12) paragraph 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Law (Law No.146 of 1947).</Sentence>
            </NewProvision>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In paragragh 2 of the same Article, "and the unemployment insurance stamps prescribed in Article 38-(12) paragraph 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Law" shall be added next to "the revenue stamps prescribed in the preceding paragraph" .</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 3 paragraph 1, ", and unemployment insurance stamps shall be sold at the post offices designated by the Minister of Postal Services after consultation with the Minister of Labor." shall be added next to "revenue stamp stands" ;and in paragraph 2 of the same Article, "and unemployment insurance stamps" shall be added next to "revenue stamps" .</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
      <Article Num="2">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 2.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The Unemployment Insurance Special Account Law (Law No.157 of 1947) shall be partially amended as follows:</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 3, "and the Postal Services Special Account" shall be added next to "the General Account" .</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
      <Article Num="3">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 3.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The Postal Services Special Account Law (Law No.109 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows:</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>In Article 40, "The proceeds less the amount of the purchasing and the expenses necessary for the sales of the revenue stamps shall be transferred to the General Account." shall be amended as "Out of the proceeds from sales minus the expenses for re-purchase and the expenses necessary for the sales of stamps, the amount concerning revenue stamps and transaction tax stamps shall be transferred to the General Account and the amount concerning the unemployment insurance stamps shall be transferred to the Unemployment Insurance Special Account."</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
      <Article Num="4">
        <ArticleTitle>Article 4.</ArticleTitle>
        <Paragraph Num="1">
          <ParagraphNum/>
          <ParagraphSentence>
            <Sentence>The Welfare Insurance Special Account Law (Law No.10 of 1944) shall be partially amended as follows:</Sentence>
          </ParagraphSentence>
          <AmendProvision>
            <AmendProvisionSentence>
              <Sentence>Next to Article 18-(2), the following one Article shall be added:</Sentence>
            </AmendProvisionSentence>
            <NewProvision>
              <Article Num="18_3">
                <ArticleTitle>Article 18-(3).</ArticleTitle>
                <Paragraph Num="1">
                  <ParagraphNum/>
                  <ParagraphSentence>
                    <Sentence>For the time being, the accumulated reserves of the health sub-account may be transferred to the revenues of this sub-account within the limit of amount prescribed in the budget, if necessary to appropriate to the resources of operating the health insurance business.</Sentence>
                  </ParagraphSentence>
                </Paragraph>
              </Article>
            </NewProvision>
          </AmendProvision>
        </Paragraph>
      </Article>
    </MainProvision>
    <SupplProvision>
      <SupplProvisionLabel>Supplementary Provision:</SupplProvisionLabel>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence Function="main" Num="1">This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation;provided that the prevision of Article 1 shall apply as from November 1, 1949.</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
      </Paragraph>
    </SupplProvision>
  </LawBody>
  <Signatures>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Finance</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>IKEDA Hayato</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Welfare</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>HAYASHI Joji</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Postal Services</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>OZAWA Saeki</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Labor</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>SUZUKI Masabumi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </Signatures>
</Law>