I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Mail Law.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This fifth day of the sixth month of the twenty-sixth year of Showa (June 5, 1951)
Prime Minister
YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law No.200
Law for Partial Amendments to the Mail Law
The Mail Law (Law No.165 of 1947) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 57, "air mail" , shall be added next to "special delivery."
The following one Article shall be added next to Article 60:
Article 60-(2).
(Air Mail)
In the air mail service mail matter shall be transported by air route. However, the mail matter shall be transported by other fastest service of transmission, in case the arrival at destination of such mail matter is considered as delayed due to non-flight or any other reasons.
The Minister of Postal Services is authorized to designate the section, date and time at which mail matter shall be transported by air route, and shall make public by notification to that effect.
The air mail service shall be given to letter mail which can be conveyed by air route for the whole or part of transmission section.
The air mail fees (including the fee provided for in Article 21 paragraph 2, Article 22 paragraph 2, Article 23 paragraph 4, Article 26 paragraph 2, or Article 27 paragraph 2) shall be fixed as follows:
1.The first-class mail matter
For each 20 grams in weight or fraction thereof
20 yen
2.The second-class mail matter
Single post cards
10 yen
Reply-paid post cards
20 yen
3.The third, fourth or fifth-class mail matter
For each 20 grams in weight or fraction thereof
15 yen
Supplementary Provision:
The date of enforcement of this Law shall be fixed by Cabinet Order. However, the date shall not be later than January 1, 1952.
Minister of Postal Services
TAMURA Bunkichi
Prime Minister
YOSHIDA Shigeru