I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendment to the Imperial Petroleum Company Law. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This first day of the twelfth month of the twenty-fourth year of Showa (December 1, 1949) Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Law No.233 Law for Partial Amendment to the Imperial Petroleum Company Law The Imperial Petroleum Company Law (Law No.73 of 1941) shall be partially amended as follows: Article 2 and Article 3 shall be amended as follows:

Article 2 and Article 3. Deleted.

Supplementary Provision: This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato Minister of International Trade and Industry INAGAKI Heitaro Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru