The Economic Stabilization Board Establishment Law (Law No.164 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Contents Chapter II, "Section 3 Local Branch Offices (Articles 16-18)" shall be amended as "Section 3 Deleted." , in Chapter III Section 1, "Part 3 Local Branch Offices (Articles 28-31)" as "Part 3 Deleted." , Chapter IV shall be Chapter V, and the following shall be added next to Chapter III:
Chapter IV Local Branch Offices
Section 1 Regional Economic Bureau(Articles 34-(2)-34-(5))
Section 2 Prefectural Economic Investigation Bureau(Articles 34-(6)-34-(8))
Article 4 item (4) shall be amended as follows:
(4) Securing of compliance with economic laws and orders (Laws and orders enumerated in Attached Table of the Economic Investigation Agency Law (Law No.206 of 1948), laws and orders designated by Cabinet Order and orders issued thereunder;hereinafter the same shall apply);"
In Article 5 item (16), "Sempaku Kodan Law (Law No.52 of 1947), Solid Fuel Distribution Public Corporation Law (Law No.56 of 1947)," and "Liquor Distribution Kodan Law (Law No.172 of 1947), Grocery Distribution Kodan Law (Law No.201 of 1947), Feedstuffs Distribution Kodan Law (Law No.202 of 1947)" shall be deleted.
In item (22) of the same Article, "the differential profits as stipulated in Article 19 of the Price Control Ordinance and" shall be deleted.
Items (24) and (25) of the same Article shall be amended as follows:
(24) To plan on measures concerning the securing of compliance with economic laws and orders;
(25) To conduct inspection on the administrative organs, etc. concerning operation of economic laws and orders;
Item (30) of the same Article shall be amended as follows:
(30) To conduct investigation into goods held by administrative organs, etc. and illegally possessed goods, and to promote utilization thereof;
In Article 6 paragraph 1,
Civilian Rationing Bureau"
shall be amended as
Livelihood Stabilization Bureau
".
Article 7 paragraph 3 shall be amended as follows:
3 The Industry Bureau shall have two Deputy Directors, the Livelihood Stabilization Bureau, the Finance Bureau and the Foreign Trade Bureau, one Deputy Director respectively and the Construction and Transportation Bureau, two Deputy Directors.
The Deputy Director shall assist the respective Bureau Directors and regulate the affairs of the respective Bureaus".
Article 8 paragraph 1 item (16) shall be deleted, and item (17) shall be item (16).
Article 9 shall be amended as follows:
(Function of Industry Bureau)
Article 9. The Industry Bureau shall take charge of the following affairs:
(1) Establishment of fundamental policies and plans concerning industry;
(2) Establishment of fundamental policies and plans concerning promotion and rationalization of enterprises;
(3) Coordination of policies and plans concerning demand and supply of materials (incluing electric power;hereinafter the same shall apply);
(4) Establishment of fundamental policies and plans concerning production, allocation and rationing of materials (excluding those falling under the jurisdiction of other bureaus);
(5) Coordination, adjustment and propulsion of the affairs of the administrative organs concerned concerning the promotion and rationalization of enterprises, and the affairs of the administrative organs concerned concerning the production, allocation and rationing of materials prescribed in the preceding item.
Article 10 shall be amended as follows:
The heading of Article 11 shall be amended as "(Functions of Livelihood Stabilization Bureau)" , and in the same Article, "Civilian Rationing Bureau" shall be amended as "Livelihood Stabilization Bureau" , and item (1) of the same Article shall be amended as follows:
(1) Establishment of fundamental policies and plans concerning reasonable standard of living and its improvement and stabilization of people's livelihood;
In item (3) of the same Article, "(including allocation and rationing for household use of coal, petroleum, gas, coke and electric power)" shall be deleted.
In Article 12 item (3) shall be deleted, items (4) and (5) shall be moved down by one, and the following two items shall be added next to item (2) as items (3) and (4):
(3) Establishment of fundamental policies concerning formulation and maintenance of the standard of business accounting;
(4) Coordination, adjustment and propulsion of the administrative organs concerned concerning public finance, money and banking, and reconstruction and reorganization of enterprises and financial institutions, and formulation and maintenance of the standard of business accounting prescribed in the preceding three items.
In Article 13, the following one item shall be added:
(3) Formulation of foreign exchange budget and execution of the affairs of the Ministerial Council in accordance with the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 of the Cabinet Order concerning Ministerial Council (Cabinet Order No.376 of 1949)."
The following four organs shall be added to the organs enumerated in Article 15 next to the Currency Issuance Deliberation Council:
"Business Accounting Standard Deliberation Council |
To make research and deliberation concerning formulation and maintenance of the standard of business accounting and readjustment and improvement of business accounting system, and to make necessary recommendations and reports to the President. |
National Income Research Coordination Councial |
To maintain contact and consult with the administrative organs concerned and persons of learning and experience concerning method of investigation and data of national income, and to recommend the results thereof to the President. |
Coordinated River Development Research Council |
To maintain contact and consult with the administrative organs concerned and persons of learning and experience concerning establishment of plans for coordinated development of major rivers, and to recommend the results thereof to the President. |
Land Survey Proparatory Council |
To collect and arrange basic data and make deliberation on method of investigation concerning preparation for coordinated survey of the national land, and to make necessary recommendations and reports to the Prdsident." |
The title of Chapter II Section 3 and Articles 16 to 18 inclusive shall be amended as follows:
Articles 16 to 18 inclusive. Deleted.
The title of Chapter III Section 1 Part 3 and Articles 28 to 31 inclusive shall be amended as follows:
Articles 28 to 31 inclusive. Deleted.
Chapter IV shall be Chapter V, and the following one Chapter shall be added next to Article 34 as Chapter IV:
CHAPTER IV Local Branch Offices
Section 1 Regional Economic Bureau
(Regional Economic Bureau)
Article 34-(2). The Economic Stabilization Board shall have Regional Economic Bureaus as local branch office of the Board, the Price Agency and the Economic Investigation Agency.
(Functions)
Article 34-(3). The Regional Economic Bureau shall take charge of a part of the functions of the Board, the Price Agency and the Economic Investigation Agency as enumerated below:
(1) A part of the functions of the Board which concerns with coordination, adjustment and propulsion of the affairs of the administrative organs concerned;
(2) Control of prices and the like and other affairs concerning prices;
(3) Affairs stipulated in each item of Article 1 and Article 1-(2) of the Economic Investigation Agency Law.
2 The Director of the Regional Economic Bureau shall be under the direction of the Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board concerning the affairs enumerated in item (1) of the preceding paragraph, under the direction of the Director of the Price Agency concerning the affairs enumerated in item (2) of the same paragraph, and under the direction of the Director-General of the Economic Investigation Agency concerning the affairs prescribed in item (3) of the same paragraph.
Article 34-(4). The names, locations and areas of jurisdiction of the Regional Economic Bureaus shall be as follows:
Name |
Location |
Area under jurisdiction |
Sapporo REB |
Sapporo-shi |
Hokkaido |
Sendai REB |
Sendai-shi |
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima Prefectures. |
Tokyo REB |
Toky-To |
Tokyo-To and Ibaragi, Gumma, Tochigi, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Niigata and Nagano Prefectures. |
Nagoya REB |
Nagoya-shi |
Shizuoka, Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Toyama and Ishikawa Prefectures. |
Osaka REB |
Osaka-shi |
Kyoto-Fu, Osaka-Fu and Fukui, Shiga, Hyogo, Nara and Wakayama Prefectures. |
Hiroshima REB |
Hiroshima-shi |
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures. |
Takamatsu REB |
Takamatsu-shi |
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi Prefectures. |
Fukuoka REB |
Fukuoka-shi |
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima Prefectures. |
(Internal Subdivisions)
Article 34-(5). The Regional Economic Bureau shall have the following four Divisions:
Administrative Inspection Division
2 The details of the internal subdivisions of the Regional Economic Bureau shall, in addition to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, be provided for in Economic Stabilization Board Ordinance.
Section 2 Prefecfural Economic Investigation Bureau
(Prefectural Economic Investigation Bureau)
Article 34-(6). The Regional Economic Bureau shall have one Prefectural Economic Investigation Bureau in the To, Fu and each Prefecture and in the districts of Hokkaido (Hokkaido shall be divided into districts of prefectural level not exceeding four (4) in number for the purpose of charging it with a part of its functions.
(Functions)
Article 34-(7). The Prefectural Economic Investigation Bureau shall take charge of a part of the functions of the Regional Economic Bureau stipulated in Article 34-(3) paragraph 1 item (3).
(Name, Location, Area of Jurisdiction and Internal Subdivisions)
Article 34-(8). The names, locations, areas of jurisdiction and internal subdivisions excluding those provided for in the Economic Investigation Agency Law shall be provided for in Economic Stabilization Board Ordinance.
In Supplementary Provisions, paragraphs 2 to 5 inclusive and paragraphs 7 to 11 inclusive shall be deleted, and in paragraph 6, "National Public Service Mutual Aid Association Law (Law No.69 of 1948)" shall be amended as
"National Public Service Mutual Aid Association Law (Law No.69 of 1948) |
Government Housing for National Public Service Personnel Law (Law No.117 of 1949) |
", and the same paragraph shall be paragraph 2.