The Maritime Safety Agency Law (Law No.28 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows: In Article 2 paragraph 1, "the enforcement of Laws and orders pertaining to safety of vessels" shall be amended as "the enforcement of laws and orders at sea, the inspection partaining to safety of vessels" , and "request for trial of the Marine Accident Inquiry Agency and execution of the decision of the Marine Accident Inquiry Agency" shall be added next to "navigational aids," . Article 5 and Article 6 shall be amended as follows:

Article 5. There shall be established in the Maritime Safety Agency the following six Divisions: Administration Division Ship Division Coast Guard Division Marine Inspection Division Hydrographic Division Navigation Aids Division

Article 6. The Administration Division shall perform the following functions: (1) Confidential matters; (2) Custody of the Director's and Agency's official seals; (3) Receipt, despatch, compilation and custody of official documents; (4) Classification, appointment and dismissal of personnel, their status, disciplinary punishment, performance of duty, other personnel affairs, and their refinement and discipline; (5) Health and medical treatment of personnel and other welfare matters; (6) Reviewing of draft of laws and orders and coordination of other matters; (7) Establishment, abolishment and subdivision of Divisions and Sections; (8) Administrative investigation; (9) Investigation and arrangement of statistics; (10) Budget estimates for expenditures and revenues, settlement of accounts, accounts and audits thereof; (11) Control of State property and articles; (12) Liaison businesses; (13) Dissemination of informations; (14) In addition to the matters enumerated in the preceding items such functions of the Maritime Safety Agency as are not under the jurisdiction of other Divisions and organs.

The following one Article shall be added next to Article 6:

Article 6-(2). The Ship Division shall perform the following functions: (1) Planning and coordination of technical matters as to Maritime Safety Agency vessels; (2) Building and maintenance of Maritime Safety Agency vessels.

Article 7 shall be amended as follows:

Article 7. The Coast Guard Division shall perform the following functions: (1) Enforcement of laws and orders at sea; (2) Rescue of human life, cargo and vessel in marine accidents and assistance in case of natural calamities and other events where aid and rescure are required; (3) Removal of menace to navigation of vessels; (4) Supervision over those, other than Maritime Safety Agency, who are engaged in the service of rescuing human life, cargo and vessel at sea, and who are engaged in removal of menace to navigation of vessels; (5) Supervision necessary at sea for keeping safety over those engaged in maritime transportation business for passengers and cargoes; (6) Rules for sailing and signals for navigation of vessels; (7) Patrol of coastal waters; (8) Prevention and suppression of riots and disturbances at sea; (9) Search for and arrest of law-violators at sea; (10) Planning and operation of Maritime Safety Agency vessels to be used for accomplishment of the function prescribed in each of the preceding items; (11) Construction, preservation and operation of communication facilities to be used by the Maritime Safety Agency; (12) Cooperation, mutual assistance and liaison between Maritime Safety Agency and the National Rural Police and Police of Autonomous Entity (hereinafter referred to as "the police authorities" ), customs, quarantine stations or other administrative authorities concerned.

In Article 7-(2), "The Merchant Marine Safety Division" shall be amended as"The Marine Inspection Division;item (5) of the same Article shall be deleted;item (6) shall be made item (5) and the numbering of the succeeding items shall be moved up by one. The following one item shall be added next to Article 8: (5) Planning and operation of Maritime Safety Agency vessels to be used for accomplishment of the function prescribed in each of the preceding items. The following one item shall be added to Article 9: (4) Planning and operation of Maritime Safety Agency vessels to be used for accomplishment of the function prescribed in each of the preceding items. In Article 11 paragraph 1, "an Assistant Director" shall be amended as "an Assistant Director and an Assistant Director for Coast Guard" and in paragraph 2 of the same Article, "Agency affairs" shall be amended as "Agency affairs (excluding those under the jurisdiction of the Administration Division)" , and next to the same Article shall be added the following one paragraph: The Assistant Director for Coast Guard shall assist the Director and preside over the affairs of the Ship Division and Coast Guard Division. Article 12 shall be amended as follows:

Article 12. The Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters shall be established within each Maritime Safety jurisdictional area dividing the whole country into nine such areas and shall take charge of a part of the functions of the Maritime Safety Agency. The bounds and names of the Maritime Safety jurisdictional areas and the location and name of the Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters shall be as enumerated in the Annexed Table.

The following one Article shall be added next to Article 12:

Article 12-(2). There shall be established at the Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters the following six Divisions;provided that the number of such Division may, as occasion arises, be reduced in accordance with the provisions determined by the Minister of Transportation: Administration Division Ship Division Coast Guard Division Marine Inspection Division Hydrographic Division Navigation Aids Division In addition to those prescribed in the preceding paragraph the matters concerning the internal organization of the Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters shall be fixed by Ministry of Transportation Ordinance.

Article 13 shall be amended as follows:

Article 13. The Minister of Transportation may establish the Maritime Safety Base or other offices at necessary places for the purpose of charging them with a part of the functions of the Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters. The name, location, jurisdictional area, scope of functions and the internal organization of such Maritime Safety offices shall be fixed by Ministry of Transportation Ordinance.

Article 16 shall be amended as follows:

Article 16. The Maritime Safety Official may, when he deems it necessary for the performance of his duties as referred to in Article 7 item (1) or for the arrest of a criminal, or in time of emergency, call upon the persons or vessels nearby for cooperation.

Article 20 shall be amended as follows:

Article 20. With regard to the use of arms by the Maritime Safety Official, the provisions of Article 7 of the Law concerning the Execution of Duties of Police Officials (Law No.136 of 1948) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

In Article 22 paragraph 2, "item (7)" shall be made "item (6)" . In Article 26 paragraph 3, "The Central and Local Maritime Safety Advisory Committees" shall be amended as "The Maritime Safety Council" , and paragraph 2 of the same Article shall be deleted. Article 32 shall be amended as follows:

Article 32. No vessel other than those of the Maritime Safety Agency shall hold or hoist any marking or Maritime Safety Agency flag prescribed in Article 4 paragraph 3, or any such marking or flag as mistakable for that of Maritime Safety Agency.

The following one paragraph shall be added next to Article 33: The provision of the classification of personnel in the preceding paragraph shall lose its validity on the day when the classification of personnel is fixed in accordance with the Law concerning the Position Classification Plan for the National Public Servants. In Article 35 paragraph 2, "the Patrol and Rescue Division" shall be amended as "the Ship Division" . The following two Articles shall be added next to Article 35:

Article 35-(2). The Maritime Safety Agency shall have the Fairway Safety Office. The Fairway Safety Office shall be an organ for removal and disposition of mines and other obstacles to navigation. The name, location and internal organization of the Fairway Safety Office shall be fixed by Maritime Safety Agency Order.

Article 35-(3). The number of personnel to be stationed for performing the functions prescribed in Article 35 paragraph 1 and personnel to be stationed at the Fairway Safety Office shall not be included in the total number of personnel stipulated in Article 3 paragraph 2.

The following Annexed Table shall be added next to Article 43: (Annexed Table) Maritime Safety Jurisdictional Area Name of Area Location of Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters Name of Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters Area of Hokkaido and its coastal waters 1st Maritime Safety Jurisdictional Area Otaru City 1st Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters Area of Miyagi, Fukushima, Iwate, Aomori, Akita and Yamagata Prefectures and their coastal waters 2nd Maritime Safety Jurisdictional Area Shiogama City 2nd Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters Area of Tokyo-To, Chiba, Ibaragi, Tochigi, Saitama, Gumma, Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures and their coastal waters 3rd Maritime Safety Jurisdictional Area Yokohama City 3rd Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters Area of Aichi, Gifu and Mie Prefectures and their coastal waters 4th Maritime Safety Jurisdictional Area Nagoya City 4th Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters Area of Osaka-Fu, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama, Hyogo (excluding Toyooka City, Kinosaki-gun, Mikata-gun and Izushi-gun), Tokushima and Kochi Prefectures and their coastal waters 5th Maritime Safety Jurisdictional Area Kobe City 5th Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters Area of Hiroshima, Okayama, Yamaguchi (excluding Yamaguchi City, Shimonoseki City Onoda City, Hagi City, Ube City, Miya-gun, Abugun, Asa-gun, Otsu-gun and Toyoura-gun), Kagawa and Ehime Prefectures and their coastal waters 6th Maritime Safety Jurisdictional Area Hiroshima City 6th Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters Area of Fukuoka, Yamaguchi (only Yamaguchi City, Shimonoseki City, Onoda City, Hagi City, Ube City, Miya-gun, Abu-gun, Asa-gun, Otsugun and Toyoura-gun), Oita, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, and Miyazaki Prefectures and their coastal waters 7th Maritime Safety Jurisdictional Area Moji City 7th Regional Maritime Safety Headquaters Area of Kyoto-Fu, Fukui, Hyogo (only Toyooka City, Kinosaki-gun, Mikata-gun and Izushigun), Shimane and Tottori Prefectures and their coastal waters 8th Maritime Safety Jurisdictional Area Maisuru City 8th Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters Area of Niigata, Nagano Toyama and Ishikawa Prefectures and their coastal waters 9th Maritime Safety Jurisdictional Area Niigata City 9th Regional Maritime Safety Headquarters