I hereby promulgate the Law for Abolition of Orders under the Ministry of Labor based on the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Orders to be Issued in Consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This seventh day of the fourth month of the twenty-seventh year of Showa (April 7, 1952) Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Law No.75 Law for Abolition of Orders under the Ministry of Labor based on the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Orders to be Issued in Consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration

(Abolition of Ordinance) Article 1. The following Ordinances shall be abolished: (1) Ordinance concerning Labor Supply (Ministry of Welfare Ordinance No.41 of 1945); (2) Ordinance concerning Employment and Working, etc. of Laborers (Ministry of Welfare Ordinance No.2 of 1946); (3) Ordinance concerning Prohibition of Employment of Officers or Influential Members of Labor Organizations (Ministeries of Welfare, Transportation and Home Affairs Ordinance No.1 of 1946).

(Transitional Provisions concerning the Abolished Ordinance) Article 2. The application of penal provisions for the acts done prior to the enforcement of this Law shall be in accordance with the former instances.

Supplementary Provision: This Law shall come into force as from the day of the first coming into force of the Treaty of Peace with Japan. Minister of Transportation MURAKAMI Giichi Minister of Labor YOSHITAKE Eichi Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru