I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Forest Fire State-Operated Insurance Law. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This thirty-first day of the third month of the twenty-seventh year of Showa (March 31, 1952) Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Law No.25 Law for Partial Amendments to the Forest Fire State-Operated Insurance Law The Forest Fire State-Operated Insurance Law (Law No.25 of 1937) shall be partially amended as follows: "Imperial Ordinance" in Article 2 paragraph 2, Article 10 paragraph 1 and Article 22 paragraph 3 shall be amended as "Cabinet Order" . Article 3 shall be amended as follows:

Article 3. Forest which is the purpose of insurance shall be a group of trees grown artificially.

Articles 13 and 14 shall be amended as follows:

Article 13 and Article 14. Deleted.

Article 21 shall be amended as follows:

Article 21. Deleted.

Next to "city, town or village" in Article 24 paragraphs 1 and 2, "or the forest owners association or the federation of the forest owners associations" shall be added and paragraph 3 of the same Article shall be deleted. Supplementary Provisions: 1 This Law shall come into force as from April 1, 1952. 2 As for the contract of insurance existing at the time of enforcement of this Law, the precedents under the former provisions shall apply. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry HIROKAWA Kozen Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru