Article 3-(2).　Any agricultural experiment station of To, Do, Fu or prefecture may ask the experiment and research institutions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for advice and cooperation necessary for experiments and researches to be carried on to attain the purpose of this Law.

Article 14-(2).　To, Do, Fu or prefecture shall have technical experts and extension advisers in order to carry on the cooperative agricultural extension work as mentioned in paragraph 1 item (2) to item (4) inclusive of the preceding Article.

2　Any technical expert, through maintenance of close liaison with experiment and research institutions, shall, with regard to his or her specialized subject, carry on investigations and researches and at the same time give guidance to the extension advisers.

3　Any extension adviser shall, in direct contact with farmers, engage in the extension and guidance of scientific techniques and informations on the improvement of agriculture or farmers'living conditions.

Article 14-(3).　Any person other than those who possess the qualifications to be prescribed by Cabinet Order shall not be appointed technical expert or extension adviser.

Article 16.　The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry shall, upon inspection of the documents submitted to him in accordance with the preceding Article, decide, by the end of March every year, the allotment of the grant-in-aid by To, Do, Fu and prefectures within the limits of the budget appropriated for the purpose of this Chapter. However, in case the said allotment cannot be decided by the said date due to delay in formulating the budget, it shall be decided within one (1) month after the formulation of the budget.

Article 16-(2).　The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry shall, with regard to the allotment of the grant-in-aid by To, Do, Fu and prefectures for the cooperative agricultural extension work as mentioned in Article 14 paragraph 1 item (1) and item (2), make decisions therefor in accordance with the provision of any of the following items:

Article 16-(3).　In case the amount of the grant-in-aid which is given to To, Do, Fu or prefecture in accordance with the provision of Article 13 paragraph 1, with regard to the cooperative agricultural extension work as mentioned in Article 14 paragraph 1 item (1) and item (2), exceeds the sum two (2) times as much as that to be appropriated for the year concerned from prefectural funds in order to maintain the said work in the To, Do, Fu or prefecture concerned, and in case the said amount, with regard to the cooperative agricultural extension works as mentioned in items (3) and (4) of the said paragraph, exceeds the sum to be appropriated for the year concerned from prefectural funds in order to maintain the said work in the To, Do, Fu or prefecture concerned, the To, Do, Fu or prefecture concerned may not receive the excessive amount in either case.

Article 19.　The grant-in-aid to be given in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall not be used, directly or indirectly, for any project other than those designated by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, nor shall it be diverted from one project to another even though both the projects have been designated by the said Minister.