I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Law for the Fixed Number of Personnel in the Administrative Organs. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This sixth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-sixth year of Showa (December 6, 1951) Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Law No.297 Law for Partial Amendments to the Law for the Fixed Number of Personnel in the Administrative Organs The Law for the Fixed Number of Personnel in the Administrative Organs (Law No.126 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows: In Article 1, "(excluding persons employed for a period not exceeding two months)" shall be amended as "(excluding persons employed for a period not exceeding two months and those who have temporarily retired)" . The table in Article 2 paragraph 1 shall be amended as follows: Administrative Organs Fixed Number Notes Prime Minister's Office Office Proper 1,769 Among this number, 30,000 are police officials. Statistics Commission 57 Fair Trade Commission 241 National Election Administration Commission 44 National Public Safety Commission National Rural Police 45,280 National Fire Defence Agency 112 Local Finance Commission 127 Foreign Exchange Control Commission 74 National Capital Construction Commission 21 Radio Regulatory Commission 3,054 Public Utilities Commission 797 Land Coordination Commission 18 Imperial Household Agency 952 Special Procurement Agency 5,173 Reparations Agency 47 Administrative Management Agency 58 Local Autonomy Agency 52 Hokkaido Development Agency 3,099 Total 60,975 Attorney-General's Office Office Proper 41,556 Among this number, 10,907 are personnel of Public Procurator's Office. National Offenders Prevention and Rehabilitation Commission 1,146 Judicial Examination Administration Commission - Total 42,702 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry Proper 1,542 Immigration Agency 774 Total 2,316 Ministry of Finance Ministry Proper 12.544 Securities and Exchange Commission 110 Certified Public Accountant Administration Commission 10 Tax Administration Agency 52,020 Mint Agency 1,832 Printing Agency 8,121 Total 74,637 Ministry of Education Ministry Proper 62,198 Among this number, 60,631 are personnel of national schools. Cultural Properties Protection Commission 382 Total 62,580 Ministry of Welfare Ministry Proper 44,184 Repatriation Relief Agency 1,779 Total 45,963 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Ministry Proper 25,872 Food Agency 28,116 Forestry Agency 22,115 Fisheries Agency 1,329 Total 77,432 Ministry of International Trade and Industry Ministry Proper 7,725 Resources Agency 558 Agency of Industrial Science and Technology 4,417 Patent Agency 672 Smaller Enterprises Agency 166 Total 13,568 Ministry of Transportation Ministry Proper 13,645 Mariners'Labor Relations Commission 54 Maritime Safety Agency 13,069 Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency 90 Civil Aeronautics Agency 453 Total 27,311 Ministry of Postal Services Ministry Proper 246,496 Ministry of Telecommunications Ministry Proper 148,452 Ministry of Labor Ministry Proper 19,979 Central Labor Relations Commission 90 Public Corporations Arbitration Commission 16 National Railways Central Mediation Commission 13 Monopoly Corporation Central Mediation Commission 10 National Railways Local Mediation Commission 49 Monopoly Corporation Local Mediation Commission 30 Total 20,187 Ministry of Construction Ministry Proper 10,152 Economic Stabilization Board Board Proper 632 Price Agency 169 Economic Investigation Agency 1,941 Foreign Investment Commission 15 Total 2,757 Grand Total 830,528 In paragraph 3 of the same Article, "3,055" shall be amended as "2,740" and in paragraph 5 of the same Article, "5,000" shall be amended as "2,600" . Supplementary Provisions: 1 This Law shall come into force as from January 1, 1952. 2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2 paragraph 1 of the Law for the Fixed Number of Personnel in the Administrative Organs as amended, the fixed number of personnel of the Ministry Proper of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry shall be 8,184 until September 30, 1952, inclusive, and shall be 8,071 from October 1 to December 31 inclusive, the same year. 3 In each administrative organ, personnel supernumerary of the fixed numbers prescribed in Article 2 of the Law for the Fixed Number of Personnel in the Administrative Organs as amended (8,184 in respect to the Ministry Proper of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry) may be retained outside of the limitation of the fixed numbers of personnel until June 30, 1952, inclusive. Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Attorney-General OHASHI Takeo Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato Minister of Education AMANO Teiyu Minister of Welfare HASHIMOTO Ryogo Minister of Agriculture and Forestry NEMOTO Ryutaro Minister of International Trade and Industry TAKAHASHI Ryutaro Minister of Transportation YAMAZAKI Takeshi Minister of Postal Services SATO Eisaku Minister of Telecommunications SATO Eisaku Minister of Labor HORI Shigeru Minister of Construction NODA Uichi President of Economic Stabilization Board YOSHIDA Shigeru