Law for Partial Amendments to the Narcotic Control Law and the Taima Control Law
法令番号: 法律第18号
公布年月日: 昭和25年3月27日
法令の形式: 法律

審議経過

I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Narcotic Control Law and the Taima Control Law.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-seventh day of the third month of the twenty-fifth year of Showa (March 27, 1950)
Prime Minister　YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law No.18
Law for Partial Amendments to the Narcotic Control Law and the Taima Control Law
Article 1.　The Narcotic Control Law (Law No.123 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 15 "the prefectural governor of his place of business" and in Article 41 "the governor of the prefecture who exercises jurisdiction over the place of his office of business" shall be amended as "the Minister of Welfare" .
In Article 48 paragraph 2 "or the prefectural governor" and in Article 49 and Article 52 paragraph 1 "or a prefectural governor" shall be deleted.
In Article 52 and Article 59 paragraph 1 item (7), "or prefectural" shall be deleted.
Article 52-(2) shall be amended as follows:
Article 52-(2).　The Ministry of Welfare shall have narcotic control officials not exceeding 250 in number, who shall be stationed in To, Do, Fu or prefecture.
2　The places where narcotic control officials are stationed and the number of them in each To, Do, Fu or prefecture shall be determined by the Minister of Welfare.
3　Narcotic control officials shall, under the direction and supervision of the Minister of Welfare, take charge of entrance inspection and removal based on this Law and the Taima Control Law (Law No.124 of 1948) and other matters concerning the enforcement of these Laws, and perform their duties as judicial police officers under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Law No.131 of 1948) with respect to the offences concerning narcotics or Taima and also the offences prescribed in Chapter XIV of the Penal Code (Law No.45 of 1907).
4　Narcotic control officials may perform their duties outside the respective To, Do, Fu and prefectures where they are stationed.
5　Narcotic control officials may carry with them small arms in the performance of their duties.
In Article 53, "a narcotic agent" shall be amended as "narcotic control officials" .
Article 2.　The Taima Control Law shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 19 and Article 21 paragraph 1, "or a prefectural governor" shall be deleted.
In Article 21, "or prefectural" shall be deleted.
Supplementary Provisions:
1.　This Law shall come into force as from April 1, 1950.
2.　The Ministry of Welfare Establishment Law (Law No.151 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 5 item (49), "narcotic agents" shall be amended as "narcotic control officials" .
Prime Minister　YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Welfare　HAYASHI Joji