(Partial Amendments to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Establishment Law)
Article 1. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Establishment Law (Law No.153 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows:
In the Contents, "Section 3 Local Branch Offices (Articles 35-42)" shall be amended as "Section 3 Local Branch Offices (Articles 35-43)" , and "Chapter V Kodans (Article 76)" shall be deleted.
In Article 4 item (13), "materials" shall be amended as "materials in acute short supply" , and in item (14) of the same Article "as well as to order the production (including processing and repairs), shipment or movement thereof, or the execution of construction works" shall be deleted and items (15) and (16) of the same Article shall be amended as follows:
(15) To order the production (including processing and repairs), transfer or delivery of the materials in acute short supply concerning the affairs under its jurisdiction or to restrict or prohibit such acts;
Article 4 item (22) shall be amended as follows:
In Article 4 item (29), "prices," shall be deleted and in item (46) of the same Article, "staple foods" shall be amended as "food" .
Article 8 paragraph 1 item (12) shall be deleted.
In Article 13, "Agricultural Improvement Experiment Stations" and "Agricultural Machinery and Implements Administration Office" shall be deleted.
Articles 19 and 20 shall be amended as follows:
Article 19 and Article 20. Deleted.
In Article 22 paragraph 1 item (3), ", distribution and inspection" shall be amended as "and distribution" , in Article 25 paragraph 1, "farm, forest, livestock and marine products as well as foodstuffs" shall be amended as "farm, forest livestock and marine products, foods and beverages, as well as oils and fats" , and paragraph 2 of the same Article shall be amended as follows and paragraph 5 of the same Article shall be deleted:
2 The Export Goods Inspection Office shall be established in Tokyo-to.
Article 29 shall be amended as follows:
In the column of "Turfs under jurisdiction" of the Kyoto Horse-Racing Office in the table of Article 30 paragraph 2, "Kyoto" shall be amended as "Chukyo, Kyoto" , and in Article 33 paragraph 1 item (2) "nest-eggs and breeding honeybees" shall be amended as "nest-eggs, breeding honeybees and livestock's sperm for artificial insemination" .
In the table of Article 34 paragraph 1, the parts of Committee for Losses Incurred by Agriculture and Forestry Credit Improvement Special Loan, Central Agricultural Adjustment Council and Central Agricultural Land Conference shall be deleted, and in the part of the Central Crop Estimation Council in the same table, "staple food" shall be amended as "farm crops" .
Article 43 shall be amended as follows:
In Article 48, item (8) shall be deleted and item (9) shall be made item (8).
In Article 61, items (4) and (5), "lumber and other forest products" shall be amended as "lumber, firewood, charcoal and other forest products as well as processed charcoal" , and item (7) of the same Article shall be deleted and item (8) shall be made item (7).
In Article 62, item (4) shall be made item (5) and its succeeding items shall be moved down by one and the following one item shall be added next to item (3):
(4) Guidance and supervision of forest roads;
In Article 63, items (4) and (5) shall be deleted, and item (6) shall be made item (4).
In the table of Article 65 paragraph 1, the part of Temple and Shrine Owned Forest Disposal Council shall be deleted, and in paragraph 2 of the same Article, "Temple and Shrine Owned Forest Disposal Council," and "the Law for Disposition of National Property Leased Without Charge to Temple, Shrine, etc.," shall be deleted.
Chapter V shall be deleted.