I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Reformatory Law.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This thirty-first day of the third month of the twenty-sixth year of Showa (March 31, 1951)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for Partial Amendments to the Reformatory Law
The Reformatory Law (Law No.169 of 1948) shall be partially amended as follows:
In the proviso to Article 11 paragraph 1, "six months" shall be amended as "one year" and "for six months" as "for one year" .
In Article 21 paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, "March 31, 1951" shall be amended as "March 31, 1953" .
Article 22 shall be deleted.
Supplementary Provision:
This Law shall come into force as from April 1, 1951.