Article 1.　The purpose of this Law is to provide for the establishment, responsibilities, accounting and personnel to be assigned together with their compensation, of Japanese Overseas Agencies.

Article 2.　The Japanese Overseas Agencies (hereinafter to be called "Overseas Agencies" ) shall be established as overseas agencies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The names and locations of the Overseas Agencies shall be as follows:

2　In case a special necessity arises, other Overseas Agencies, in addition to those provided for in the preceding paragraph, shall be established by Cabinet Order within the limits of budgetary appropriations.

Article 3.　Overseas Agencies shall take charge of the affairs as listed in each of the following items;

Article 4.　A Chief shall be appointed for each Overseas Agency.

2　The Chief shall, under orders of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, take general control over the affairs of the Overseas Agency.

3　In case the Chief is prevented from performing his duties or his post becomes vacant, a member of personnel previously designated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs shall act in his place.

Article 5.　The personnel assigned to Overseas Agencies (hereinafter to be called "personnel" ) shall be the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Article 6.　Personnel shall be furnished with overseas and dwelling allowances, in addition to the compensation as provided for in the Law concerning the Base Pay of Employees in the Regular Government Service (Law No.95 of 1950).

Article 7.　Personnel shall be furnished with overseas allowances for the period from the day following the date of arrival at their place of appointment to the day preceding the date of departure from such place by order for home or for another place of appointment.

2　Personnel shall, in the case of being ordered to return home temporarily, be furnished with overseas allowances for the period from the date of departure from their place of appointment to the date of return to such place.

3　Personnel shall, in the case of dying at their place of appointment or being discharged from the service, be furnished with overseas allowances for the month to which the date of such death or discharge belongs.

Article 8.　Personnel shall, in the case of their spouse living with them at their place of appointment, be furnished with living allowances for the period from the day following the date of arrival of their spouse at such place to the day preceding the date of departure therefrom for home or for transfer to another place of appointment.

2　Personnel shall, in the case of dying at their place of appointment or being discharged from the service or in the case of their spouse dying at such place, be furnished with dwelling allowances up to and including the month to which the date of such death of personnel or their discharge or of such death of their spouse belongs;provided, however, that, in the case of the death of personnel, the Minister for Foreign Affairs may furnish the bereaved spouse, when it is deemed necessary, with dwelling allowances specially for the period not exceeding ninety days from the date of such death.

Article 9.　The amounts of overseas and dwelling allowances to be furnished shall be as per list attached.

2　Overseas and living allowances shall be furnished monthly in twelve equal instalments.

3　The gradation of personnel with regard to their overseas and dwelling allowances shall be decided by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Article 10.　In the case where overseas and dwelling allowances are to be calculated by day in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 paragraph 1 or 2 or Article 8, the amount reached by multiplying the monthly amount by the number of actual service days and dividing the result by the balance left after deducting the number of non-service days from the actual number of the month concerned shall be the amount payable for the said month.

Article 11.　Allowances payable to personnel in accordance with the Law concerning the Base Pay of Employees in the Regular Government Service may be paid to person designated by the personnel to whom such allowances are payable.

Article 12.　With regard to the family allowances as provided for in Article 11 of the Law concerning the Enforcement of New Compensation of Government Personnel, personnel whose dependents live with them at their place of appointment shall not be furnished with those allowances for such dependents.

Article 13.　The cases in which Overseas Agencies shall charge fees for the handling of the affairs listed in each item of Article 3 and the amounts of such fees shall be prescribed by Cabinet Order.