I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Law for Japanese Government Railways Fares and Charges. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This thirty-first day of the third month of the twenty-fifth year of Showa (March 31, 1950) Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Law No.45 Law for Partial Amendments to the Law for Japanese Government Railways Fares and Charges The Law for Japanese Government Railways Fares and Charges (Law No.112 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows: Article 3 items (1) and (2) shall be amended as follows: (1) Third class fares, per operated kilometer, shall be 145 sen up to 150 kilometers,105 sen for distance longer than 150 kilometers up to 500 kilometers, 60 sen for distance longer than 500 kilometers up to 1,000 kilometers and 40 sen for distance exceeding 1,000 kilometers. (2) Second class fares shall be two times of third class fares and first class fares four times of third class fares, however, second class fares shall be two hundred times of one hundred and twentieths of third class fares, and first class fares four hundred times of one hundred and twentieths of third class fares as long as the transit tax is imposed. The following proviso shall be added to Article4: However, first class fares and second class fares shall be one hundred times of one hundred twentieths of the respective first class fares and second class fares mentioned in the same Table, as long as the transit tax is imposed. The following proviso shall be added to Article 6: However, first class charges and second class charges shall be one hundred times of one hundred twentieths of the respective first, class charges and second class charges mentioned in the same Table, as long as the transit tax is imposed. In Article 9, "chinritsu" (passenger fares, freight rates and charges) shall be amended as "unchin oyobi ryokin" (passenger fares, freight rates and charges). Annexed Tables 1 and 2 shall be amended as follows: Annexed Table 1 Ordinary Passenger Fares for Ferry Service under the Provisions of Article 4 Section 3rd Class 2nd Class 1st Class Aomori-Hakodate \160 \320 \1,040 Uno-Takamatsu 30 60 Niigata-Horie 100 200 Miyajimaguchi-Miyajima 10 Obatake-Komatsuko 15 Shimonoseki-Mojiko 15 Annexed Table 2 Express Charges under the Provisions of Article 6 Kind of Charge Kms. 3rd Class 2nd Class 1st Class Limited Express Up to 600 \400 \800 \1,200 Up to 1,200 600 1,200 1,800 Over 1,201 800 1,600 2,400 Express Up to 300 120 240 360 Up to 600 200 400 600 Up to 1,200 300 600 900 Over 1,201 400 800 1,200 Semi-Express Up to 150 40 80 120 Up to 300 60 120 180 Up to 600 100 200 300 Over 601 150 300 450 Supplementary Provision: This Law shall come into force as from April 1, 1950. Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato Minister of Transportation OYA Shinzo President of Economic Stabilization Board YOSHIDA Shigeru Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru