I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Law concerning Temporary Measures for the Budget and Settlement of Account for Public Corporations, etc.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-ninth day of the third month of the twenty-fifth year of Showa (March 29, 1951)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for Partial Amendments to the Law concerning Temporary Measures for the Budget and Settlement of Account for Public Corporations, etc.
The Law concerning Temporary Measures for the Budget and Settlement of Account for Public Corporations, etc.(Law No.27 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 1, "the Housing Loan Corporation, the Civilian Merchant Marine Committee," shall be added next to "the People's Bank."
Next to Article 4, the following one Article shall be added:
(Notification of Budget)
Article 4-(2). In case the budget of public corporations, etc. is approved by the Diet, the Cabinet shall notify it to public corporations, etc. concerned without delay through the competent Minister, in accordance with the approval of the Diet.
2 In case the notification is made under the provision of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Finance shall notify it to the Board of Audit.
In Article 5 paragraph 1, "When the budget was approved by the Diet, public corporation, etc. shall divide" 'shall be amended as "In case the public corporations, etc. receives the notification under the provision of the preceding Article paragraph 1, it shall divide."
Next to Article 10, the following two Articles shall be added.
Article 10-(2). In accordance with the budget notified under the provision of Article 4-(2) paragraph 1, the public corporations, etc. shall prepare, with respect to the amount necessary for contracts and other acts which shall be the cause of the disbursement (hereinafter referred to as "obligation" ) and the amount necessary for disbursement, documents concerning the plan of obligation or payment, as prescribed by the Minister of Finance, and shall submit it to the Minister of Finance for his approval, through the competent Minister.
2 In case the Minister of Finance approved the plan of obligation or payment under the preceding paragraph, he shall notify it to the public corporations, etc. concerned and the Board of Audit.
3 The public corporations, etc. incurring obligation or making payment in accordance with the budget notified under the provision of Article 4-(2) paragraph 1 shall not, in so doing, exceed the amount prescribed in the plan of obligation or payment approved under the provision of paragraph 1.
Article 10-(3). Other than those prescribed in the preceding three Articles, matters necessary for execution of the budget of public corporations, etc. shall be prescribed by the Minister of Finance after consultation with the competent Minister.
Supplementary Provision:
This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation and shall apply as from the budget for the fiscal year 1950-51.
Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry MORI Kotaro
Minister of International Trade and Industry IKEDA Hayato
Minister of Transportation OYA Shinzo
Minister of Construction MASUTANI Shuji
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru