I hereby promulgate the Law for Abolition of the Law concerning Allocation of Paper for Newspapers and Publications. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-first day of the twelfth month of the twenty-sixth year of Showa (December 21, 1951) Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Law No.316 Law for Abolition of the Law concerning Allocation of Paper for Newspapers and Publications The Law concerning Allocation of Paper for Newspapers and Publications (Law No.211 of 1948) shall be abolished. Supplementary Provisions: 1 This Law shall come into force as from January 1, 1952. 2 The Prime Minister's Office Establishment Law (Law No.127 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows: In Article 3 item (1), "as well as allocation of paper for newspapers and publications" shall be deleted. Article 4 item (18) shall be deleted;and item (19) of the same Article shall be made item (18) of the same Article. Article 5 paragraph 1, "three bureaus" shall be amended as "two bureaus" , and "Bureau for Allocation of Paper for Newspapers and Publications" shall be deleted. Article 9 shall be amended as follows:

Article 9. Deleted.

In the Table of Article 15 paragraph 1, the clause of the Committee for Allocation of Paper for Newspapers and Publications shall be deleted. Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru