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<Law Era="Showa" Lang="en" LawType="Act" Num="260" PromulgateDay="13" PromulgateMonth="11" 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 thirteenth day of the eleventh month of the twenty-sixth year of Showa (November 13, 1951)</PromulgateDate>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Prime Minister</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </PromulgateBody>
  <LawNum>Law No.260</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 in 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, D. C.</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, 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, 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 Taipei</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Taipei, Formosa</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 Soerabaja</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Soerabaja, 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 Bonn</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Bonn, Germany</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Rome</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Rome, Italy</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 The Hague</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Hague, Nether-lands</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 Geneva</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Geneva, Switzerland</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
                <TableRow>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>The Japanese Government Overseas Agency at Madrid</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                  <TableColumn>
                    <Sentence>Madrid, Spain</Sentence>
                  </TableColumn>
                </TableRow>
              </Table>
            </TableStruct>
          </NewProvision>
        </AmendProvision>
        <AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvisionSentence>
            <Sentence>The following one paragraph shall be added to the same Article:</Sentence>
          </AmendProvisionSentence>
          <NewProvision>
            <Paragraph Num="3">
              <ParagraphNum>3</ParagraphNum>
              <ParagraphSentence>
                <Sentence>If there are special circumstances in cases where the establishment of Embassies, Legations, Consulates-General or Consulates necessitates the abolition of the Japanese Government Overseas Agencies in their respective jurisdictional areas, the Overseas Agencies concerned may be abolished by Cabinet Order.</Sentence>
              </ParagraphSentence>
            </Paragraph>
          </NewProvision>
        </AmendProvision>
        <AmendProvision>
          <AmendProvisionSentence>
            <Sentence>Article 3 paragraph 1 item (15) shall be amended as follows:</Sentence>
          </AmendProvisionSentence>
          <NewProvision>
            <Item Num="15">
              <ItemTitle>(15)</ItemTitle>
              <ItemSentence>
                <Sentence>Handling of affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the countries in which Overseas Agencies are established, in addition to the affairs listed in each of the preceding items.</Sentence>
              </ItemSentence>
            </Item>
          </NewProvision>
        </AmendProvision>
      </Paragraph>
    </MainProvision>
    <SupplProvision>
      <SupplProvisionLabel>Supplementary Provisions:</SupplProvisionLabel>
      <Paragraph Num="1">
        <ParagraphNum>1</ParagraphNum>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.</Sentence>
        </ParagraphSentence>
      </Paragraph>
      <Paragraph Num="2">
        <ParagraphNum>2</ParagraphNum>
        <ParagraphSentence>
          <Sentence>The Cabinet Order for the Additional Establishment of Japanese Government Overseas Agencies (Cabinet Order No.309 of 1951) shall be abolished.</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</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>HASHIMOTO Ryogo</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Agriculture and Forestry</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>NEMOTO Ryutaro</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of International Trade and Industry</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>TAKAHASHI Ryutaro</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Transportation</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YAMAZAKI Takeshi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Postal Services</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>SATO Eisaku</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Telecommunications</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>SATO Eisaku</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Labor</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>HORI Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>Minister of Construction</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>NODA Uichi</Name>
    </Signature>
    <Signature>
      <MinisterialTitle>President of Economic Stabilization Board</MinisterialTitle>
      <Name>YOSHIDA Shigeru</Name>
    </Signature>
  </Signatures>
</Law>