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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="Act" Num="159" PromulgateDay="28" PromulgateMonth="5" Year="26">
  <PromulgateBody>
    <PromulgateStatement>I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Japanese Government Overseas Agencies Establishment Law.</PromulgateStatement>
    <ImperialSignature>Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor</ImperialSignature>
    <PromulgateDate>This twenty-eighth day of the fifth month of the twenty-sixth year of Showa (May 28, 1951)</PromulgateDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Law No.159</LawNum>
  <LawBody>
    <LawTitle>Law for Partial Amendments to the Japanese Government Overseas Agencies Establishment Law</LawTitle>
    <MainProvision>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agencies Establishment Law (Law No.105 of 1950) shall be partially amended as follows:</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
        <AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvisionSentence>
            <Sentence>The list of Article 2 paragraph 1 shall be amended as follows:</Sentence>
          </AmendProvisionSentence>
          <NewProvision>
            <TableStruct>
              <Table>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Name</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Location</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Washington</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Washington, D. C., U. S. A.</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at New York</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>New York City, U. S. A.</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at San Francisco</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>San Francisco, U. S. A.</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Honolulu</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Honolulu, U. S. A.</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Los Angeles</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Los Angeles, U. S. A.</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Seattle</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Seattle, U. S. A.</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Ottawa</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Ottawa, Canada</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Mexico</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Mexico City, Mexico</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Rio de Janeiro</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Sao Paulo</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Sao Paulo, Brazil</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Montevideo</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Montevideo, Uruguay</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Lima</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Lima, Peru</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at New Delhi</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>New Delhi, India</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Calcutta</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Calcutta, India</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Bombay</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Bombay, India</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Karachi</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Karachi, Pakistan</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Bangkok</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Bangkok, Thailand</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Rangoon</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Rangoon, Burma</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Djakarta</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Djakarta, Indonesia</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Surabaya</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Surabaya, Indonesia</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at London</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>London, United Kingdom</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Paris</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Paris, France</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Brussels</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Brussels, Belgium</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Stockholm</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Stockholm, Sweden</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at The Hague</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Hague, Netherlands</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
              </Table>
            </TableStruct>
          </NewProvision>
        </AmendProvision>
        <AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvisionSentence>
            <Sentence>Article 9 paragraph 1 shall be amended as follows and paragraph 3 of the same Article shall be deleted:</Sentence>
          </AmendProvisionSentence>
          <NewProvision>
            <Paragraph Num="1">
              <ParagraphNum/>
              <ParagraphSentence>
                <Sentence>The annual amount of overseas and living allowances furnished to the personnel shall be fixed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs within the limits of 90 to 120 per cent of the amount fixed under the respective items of the Attached List, according to the posts of the personnel concerned in the case of the personnel of the overseas agencies established in the United States of America and, in the case of those of the overseas agencies established in the countries other than the United States of America, according to their posts, the price level at the location of the overseas agency concerned and the exchange rate of the currency of the country concerned against the United States currency.</Sentence>
              </ParagraphSentence>
            </Paragraph>
          </NewProvision>
        </AmendProvision>
      </Paragraph>
    </MainProvision>
    <SupplProvision>
      <SupplProvisionLabel>Supplementary Provision:</SupplProvisionLabel>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum/>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
      </Paragraph>
    </SupplProvision>
  </LawBody>
  <Signatures>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Attorney-General</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>OHASHI Takeo</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister for Foreign Affairs</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Finance</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>IKEDA Hayato</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Education</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>AMANO Teiyu</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Welfare, pro tempore</MinisterialTitle>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of State</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>HORI Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Agriculture and Forestry</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>HIROKAWA Kozen</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of International Trade and Industry</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOKOO Shigemi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Transportation</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YAMAZAKI Takeshi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Postal Services</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>TAMURA Bunkichi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Telecommunications</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>TAMURA Bunkichi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Labor</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>HORI Shigerui</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Construction</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>MASUDA Kaneshichi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>President of Economic Stabilization Board</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </Signatures>
</Law>