I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Smaller Enterprise, Etc. Co-operative Law. 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.57 Law for Partial Amendments to the Smaller Enterprise, Etc. Co-operative Law The Smaller Enterprise, Etc. Co-operative Law (Law No.181 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows: In Article 55 paragraph 2, "at the General Meeting" shall be deleted;in paragraph 3 of the same Article, next to "the total membership," "at the time of their election" shall be added. Paragraph 5 of the same Article shall be made paragraph 6, and the following one paragraph shall be added as paragraph 5 of the same Article: 5 The term of the office of the representative shall be fixed by the Articles of Co-operative so as to be within the period of three years. Supplementary Provision: This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato Minister of Welfare HAYASHI Joji 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 Shiguru