I hereby promulgate the Law for Disposition of Orders under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry 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 twelfth day of the fourth month of the twenty-seventh year of Showa (April 12, 1952)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for Disposition of Orders under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry Based on the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Orders to be Issued in Consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration
(Partial Amendments to the Order for Post-War Dispositions of Industrial Property Rights Owned by Allied Nationals)
Article 1. The Order for Post-War Dispositions of Industrial Property Rights Owned by Allied Nationals (Cabinet Order No.309 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 3 paragraph 1, Article 16-(2), Article 18-(2) paragraph 1, Article 18-(3) and Article 18-(4), "in accordance with instructions of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers" shall be deleted.
(Partial Amendments to the Cabinet Order concerning Special Dispositions of Industrial Property Rights Owned by German Nationals)
Article 2. The Cabinet Order concerning Special Dispositions of Industrial Property Rights Owned by German Nationals (Cabinet Order No.4 of 1950) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 1 paragraph 1 item (4) and Article 4 paragraph 1 and paragraph 2, "in accordance with the instructions of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers" shall be deleted.
(Partial Amendments to the Order for Post-War Measures relating to Trade Marks Owned by Allied Nationals)
Article 3. The Order for Post-War Measures relating to Trade Marks Owned by Allied Nationals (Cabinet Order No.9 of 1950) shall be partially amended as follows:
In Article 18-(2), Article 21 paragraph 1 and Article 22, "in accordance with instructions of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers" shall be deleted.
(Orders to Continue in Force in the Future)
Article 4. The provisions of the Orders provided for in the preceding three Articles and the Orders enumerated hereunder shall continue in force as laws after the day of the first coming into force of the Treaty of Peace with Japan:
(1) Papagraph 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Abolition, Etc. of the Military Service Law (Imperial Ordinance No.634 of 1945);
(2) Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Abolition, Etc. of the Important Industrial Organization Ordinance (Imperial Ordinance No.446 of 1946);
(3) Paragraph 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Cabinet Order for Abolition of the Cabinet Order concerning the Use of Authorized Foreign Exchange Credit for Promotion of Export (Cabinet Order No.241 of 1951);
(4) Paragraph 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ministerial Ordinance concerning the Abolition of the Ordinance concerning the Manufacture of Export Silk Fabrics (Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ordinance No.37 of 1947);
(5) Paragraph 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ministerial Ordinance for Abolition of the Regulations governing Report, Etc. on Quantity of Raw Sild, Etc. issued under the Imperial Ordinance No.542 of 1945 concerning the Orders to Be Issued in Consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, and the Regulations governing Transfer, Etc. of Raw Silk, issued under the Imperial Ordinance No.542 of 1945 concerning the Orders to Be Issued in Consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration (Ministries of Commerce and Industry, and Agriculture and Forestry Ordinance No.7 of 1947);
(6) Paragraph 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ministerial Ordinance concerning the Abolition of the Regulations on the Prohibition of Trade of Pearls and Pearl Products, Etc.(Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ordinance No.45 of 1948);
(7) Paragraph 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ministerial Ordinance concerning the Abolition of the Ordinance relating to the Restriction on the Disposition of Patent Rights and Others under the Imperial Ordinance No.542 of 1945 concerning the Orders to Be Issued in Consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration (Ministry of International Trade and Industry Ordinance No.55 of 1950).
(Abolition of Orders)
Article 5. The following Orders shall be abolished:
(1) The Imperial Ordinance concerning the Investigation of Use of Patented Inventions and others Owned by the United Nations Nationals (Imperial Ordinance No.36 of 1947);
(2) The Order for the Urgent Investigation of Inventories of Critical Materials (Cabinet Order No.65 of 1948);
(3) The Cabinet Order concerning the Prohibition of Use of Specially Designated Marks, etc.(Cabinet Order No.329 of 1949);
(4) The Cabinet Order concerning the Prohibition, Etc. of Use of Zaibatsu Marks (Cabinet Order No.8 of 1950);
(5) The Ordinance concerning Business Report of Industrial and Mining Companies (Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry and Commerce and Industry Ordinance No.1 of 1945);
(6) The Ordinance concerning Report on Survey of Crude Rubber, Nickel Bullion, Tin Bullion or Antimony Bullion, under the Imperial Ordinance No.542 of 1945 concerning Orders to Be Issued of Consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration (Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ordinance No.10 of 1946);
(7) The Ordinance concerning the Inspection and Collection of Silk Fabrics and Knitted Silk Fabrics under the Imperial Ordinance No.542 of 1945 concerning the Orders to Be Issued in Consequence of the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration (Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ordinance No.17 of 1946);
(8) The Ordinance concerning the Investigation Report of Lead (Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ordinance No.24 of 1946);
(9) The Ordinance concerning the Emergency Increasing Production of Chemical Fertillizer (Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ordinance No.26 of 1946);
(10) The Regulation for Temporary Measures on Pipes and the like (Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ordinance No.49 of 1946).
(Transitional Provisions of the Abolished Orders)
Article 6. With respect to the registrations made in violation of the provisions of Article 2 of the old Cabinet Order concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Specially Designated Marks prior to the enforcement of this Law, the old provisions of Article 3 of the same Cabinet Order shall still prevail even after the enforcement of this Law.
Article 7. With respect to the registrations as made in violation of provisions of Article 5 of the old Cabinet Order concerning the Prohibition of the Use of the Zaibatsu Marks prior to the enforcement of this Law, the old provisions of Article 6 of the same Cabinet Order shall still prevail even after the enforcement of this Law.
Article 8. With respect to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Law, the old provisions shall still prevail even after the enforcement of this Law.
Article 9. Other than those provided for in the preceding three Articles, transitional measures necessary in consequence of the enforcement of this Law shall be provided for by Cabinet Order.
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
Minister of Finance IKEDA Hayato
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry HIROKAWA Kozen
Minister of International Trade and Industry TAKAHASHI Ryutaro
President of Economic Stabilization Board YOSHIDA Shigeru