I hereby promulgate the Law for Abolition of Orders under the Office Proper of the Prime Minister's Office and the Local Autonomy Agency based on the Ordinance concerning the Orders to be Issued in Consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This eleventh day of the fourth month of the twenty-seventh year of Showa (April 11, 1952) Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Law No.82 Law for Abolition of Orders under the Office Proper of the Prime Minister's Office and the Local Autonomy Agency based on the Ordinance concerning the Orders to be Issued in Consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration

(Abolition of Orders) Article 1. The following orders shall be abolished: (1) Imperial Ordinance concerning Forfeiture, Etc. of Qualifications or Rights of Officials, Etc. of Local Public Bodies to Receive Retirement Allowances, Etc., in the Case of Retirement under the Orders of the Supreme Commander for Allied Powers (Imperial Ordinance No.81 of 1946); (2) Ordinance concerning the Business Report and Others of Factory, Plant, Research Organ and Others (Cabinet and Ministries of Education, Agriculture and Forestry, Commerce and Industry and Transportation Ordinance No.1 of 1945); (3) Ordinance concerning the Submittal of "Biographical Information on Scientific and Technical Personnel" (Prime Minister's Office, Ministries of Home Affairs, Finance, Education, Welfare, Agriculture and Forestry, Commerce and Industry, Transportation and Communications Ordinance No.1 of 1947).

(Transitionary Provision) Article 2. With regard to the application of penal provisions to the acts which were done before the enforcement of this Law, the precedents under the former provisions shall still apply.

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. Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Attorney-General KIMURA Tokutaro Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato Minister of Education AMANO Teiyu Minister of Welfare YOSHITAKE Eichi Minister of Agriculture and Forestry HIROKAWA Kozen Minister of International Trade and Industry TAKAHASHI Ryutaro Minister of Transportation MURAKAMI Giichi Minister of Postal Services SATO Eisaku Minister of Telecommunications SATO Eisaku Minister of Labor YOSHITAKE Eichi Minister of Construction NODA Uichi President of Economic Stabilization Board YOSHIDA Shigeru