Article 1.　The Ministry of Postal Services is authorized to issue serially numbered ordinary post cards with prizes and articles as New Year's Presents to be determined by means of lot-drawing (hereinafter referred to as "Post Cards with New Year's Presents" ).

2　The unit price of the prizes and articles under the preceding paragraph shall not exceed twenty thansand yen, nor shall the total sum of prizes and the price of articles exceed the amount equivalent to the five-hundredths of the whole amount of issue of such post cards.

Article 2.　The Minister of Postal Services shall, with regard to the issue of the Post Cards with New Year's Presents under the preceding Article, make public notice of the following items before the issue:

Article 3.　The prizes and articles under paragraph 1 of the preceding Article shall be paid or delivered at the nearest post office to the addressee or his successor at large (in case where the Post Cards with New Year's Presents have not been delivered to the addressee, the purchaser of the post cards or his successor at large).

2　The procedures of payment or delivery under the preceding paragraph shall be provided for by the Ministry of Postal Services Ordinance.

Article 4.　The right to receive the payment of prizes or articles under the preceding Article shall lapse by prescription unless it is exercised within six months from the day of the payment and delivery under Article 2 item (5).

Article 5.　The Ministry of Postal Services is authorized to issue postage stamps, or post cards (including Post Cards with New Year's Presents), with a surcharge of contribution to be donated to organizations carrying out works aiming at promotion of the social welfare.

2　The organizations under the preceding paragraph shall be designated by the Minister of Postal Services, after hearing the opinions of the Advisory Council for Minister of Postal Services.

3　The postage stamps or post cards under paragraph 1 shall bear a clear indication of the name or mark of the organizations, and the amount of contribution under the same paragraph.

4　Those who have purchased postage stamps or post cards at the post office, postal agency or sale agency of postage stamps, etc. shall be regarded as having donated the amount of contribution indicated on those stamps or cards, to the indicated organizations.

5　The Ministry of Postal Services shall send without delay the total amount of contribution collected to the organizations under paragraph 1 by means of postal transfer savings.

6　The organizations that have received the contribution in accordance with the provision of the precedeing Paragraph shall pay to the Ministry of Postal Services expenses specially required for the issue and sale of the postage stamps or post cards under paragraph 1.

7　The amount of the expenses under the preceding paragraph shall be determined by the consultation between the Ministry of Postal Services and the organizations under paragraph 1.