I hereby promulgate the Law concerning Exceptions of the Mail Law in Consequence of the Operation of the Administrative Agreement under Article III of the Security Treaty between the Limited States of America and Japan.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-eighth day of the fourth month of the twenty-seventh year of Showa (April 28, 1952)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law concerning Exceptions to the Mail Law in Consequence of the Operation of the Administrative Agreement under Article III of the Security Treaty between the United States of America and Japan
Regardless of the provisions of Article 2 and Article 5 of the Mail Law (Law No.165 of 1947), the United States of America shall, under Article 21 of the Administrative Agreement under Article III of the Security Treaty between the United States of America and Japan, be authorized to establish and operate, within the facilities and areas in use by the United States armed forces, United States military post offices for the use of members of the United States armed forces, the civilian component, and their dependents, for the transmission of mail between United States military post offices in Japan and between such military post offices and other United States post offices.
Supplementary Provision:
This Law shall come into force as from the day of the coming into force of the Security Treaty between the United States and Japan.