I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Ministry of Welfare Establishment 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 Ministry of Welfare Establishment Law
The Ministry of Welfare Establishment Law (Law No.151 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows:
In the Contents, "Part 2 Medical Affairs Branch Offices (Articles 34-36)" shall be amended as"
Part 2 Medical Affairs Branch Offices(Articles 34-36)
Part 3 Regional Offices of Narcotic Control Officials(Articles 37-39)
"and" External Organ (Articles 37·38) "as" External Organ (Articles 40·41) "and" Personnel (Articles 39·40) "as" Personnel (Articles 42·43)".
In Article 5 item (24), "and the quarantine measures of ships, trains and electric trains" shall be deleted and item (51) of the same Article shall be amended as follows:
(51) To decide the standards of specified medical drugs, devices and cosmetics, or to execute their assaying;
In Article 15, "National Health Insurance Sanatorium" shall be deleted.
To Article 20, the following one paragraph shall be added:
3 The Minister of Welfare may establish the branch offices or the detached offices of the Quarantine Stations at necessary places in order to charge them with a part of the functions of the Quarantine Stations. Names, locations and internal organizations of these shall be provided for by Ministry of Welfare Ordinance.
Article 28 shall be amended as follows:
In Article 30, "Medical Affairs Branch Offices" shall be amended as"
Medical Affairs Branch Offices
Regional Offices of Narcotic Control Officials
".
In the list of Article 32, the paragraph of Hokkaido District Regional Office of Preventive Medicine Officers shall be deleted, and in the paragraph of Tohoku District Regional Office of Preventive Medicine Officers, "Aomori" shall be amended as "Hokkaido, Aomori" .
Article 37 shall be made Article 40;and the numbering of the succeeding"Articles shall be moved down by three;and, next to Section 3 Part 2, the following one Part shall be added:
Part 3 Regional Office of Narcotic Control Officials
(Responsibilities)
Article 37. The Regional Office of Narcotic Control Officials shall take charge of a part of the affairs of control of narcotics and Taima (Cannibis Sativa L) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry Proper.
(Names, Locations and Areas of Jurisdiction)
Article 38. Names, locations and areas of Jurisdiction of the Regional Offices of Narcotic Control Officials shall be as follows:
Name |
Location |
Area of jurisdiction |
Hokkaido District Regional Office of Narcotic Control Officials |
Sapporo City |
Hokkaido |
Tohoku District,, |
Sendai City |
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima Prefectures |
Kanto Shin-etsu District,, |
Tokyo To |
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gumma, Saitama and Chiba Prefectures, Tokyo-To, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Niigata and Nagano Prefectures |
Tokai Hokuriku District,, |
Nagoya City |
Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Toyama and Ishikawa Prefectures |
Kinki District,, |
Osaka City |
Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto-Fu, Osaka-Fu, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama and Fukui Prefectures |
Chugoku Distrist,, |
Hiroshima City |
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures |
Shikoku District,, |
Takamatsu City |
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi Prefectures |
Kyushu District,, |
Fukuoka City |
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima Prefectures |
(Internal Organizations)
Article 39. The internal organizations of the Regional Offices of Narcotic Control Officials shall be provided for by Ministry of Welfare Ordinance.
Supplementary Provision:
This Law shall come into force as from April 1, 1951.