The Food Management Law (Law No.40 of 1942) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 2, "(including processed foods thereof designated by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry;the same hereinafter)" shall be deleted.
In Article 3 paragraph 1, ", Sweet potato, White potato" shall be deleted.
Next to Article 3, the following one Article shall be added:
Article 3-(2). The Government shall indicate, in advance, in accordance with the provisions of Order and within the limit of its budgetary appropriations, to the producers of sweet potatoes and white potatoes, those sweet potatoes or white potatoes produced by them which shall be purchased by the Government on application for sale.
The Government must purchase those sweet potatoes or white potatoes for which application for sale is made, in accordance with the indication under the preceding paragraph and with the provisions of Order, by the producers of the sweet potatoes or white potatoes.
The purchasing price by the Government in the case of the preceding paragraph shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of Cabinet Order, by taking into consideration the purchasing price by Government of rice, wheat, etc. under the provision of paragraph 2 of the preceding Article as well as supply and demand conditions.
In Article 4 paragraph 1, "rice, wheat, etc." shall be amended as "rice, wheat, etc. and sweet potato or white potato."
In Article 5 paragraph 1, "rice, wheat, etc." shall be amended as "rice, wheat, etc., sweet potato and white potato."
In Article 8-(2) paragraph 2, "Food Distribution Kodan and to Mayors of cities, towns and villages" shall be amended as "Food Distribution Kodan, persons engaged in business of selling staple food, having been registered by Governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture in accordance with the provisions of Order (hereinafter referred to as dealers) and the mayors or headmen of cities, towns and villages."
In Article 8-(3) paragraph 1, "a person who consumes the rationed staple food for self-living or for business purpose (hereinafter referred to as" the consumer ") shall be amended as" a person who consumes the rationed staple food for self-living or for business purpose (hereinafter referred to as the consumer) or dealer ";and in paragraph 3 of the same Article," consumers "shall be amended as" consumers or dealers."
In Article 8-(4) paragraph 1 and paragraph 2, "Food Distribution Kodan" shall be amended as "Food Distribution Kodan or dealers" and "consumers" shall be amended as "dealers or consumers."
In Article 16 paragraph 1, "180,000,000 yen" shall be amended as "270,000,000 yen."
In Article 20 paragraph 1, "April 1, 1950" shall be amended as "April 1, 1951."
In Article 26, "storage" shall be amended as "sale, storage."
In Article 27 paragraph 2, "Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Forestry" shall be amended as "Administrative Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Forestry."