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EXTEA FRIDAY, JULY 2, 15)48

LAW

I hereby promulgate the Law for the Establishment

of the Smaller Enterprise Board.

Signed: HIBOHITO, Seal of the Emperor

This second day of the seventh month of the twenty-

third year of Showa (July 2, 1948)

Prime Minister

ASH IDA Hitoshi

Law No. 83

LAW FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE

BOARD OF SMALLER ENTERPRISE

. (General Purpose)

Article 1. Smaller enterprise is essential to a sound and

prosperous Japanese economy. It is considered that

small, efficient,independent enterprises will serve as

a bulwark against concentrations of economic power

and provide opportunity for the industrious to follow

the legitimate callings of their choice. Accordingly,

the purpose of this Law is to establish conditions

■which will assistin the development and successful

operation of smaller enterprise.

(Board of Smaller Enterprise)

Article 2. Director-General: A Board of Smaller Enter-

prise, hereinafter referred to as the "Board," shall

be established within the Ministry of Commerce and

Industry, headed by a Director-General -who shall

carry out the provisions of this Law.

(Functions)

Article 3. The Board shall, through its Director-General

and own staff'personnel, exercise the following func-

tions:

a. It shall gather, analyze, and freely disseminate

information concerning such matters as procurement

and availability of materials and substitutes,produc-

tion methods, inventory maintenance, merchandising,

distribution, salesmanship, shipment, engineering,

management, advertising, credit selling, available

sources of credit, taxation, accounting, fuel and

power utilization, labor relations, government

procedures and on all other matters pertaining to

efficient business methods and to the development

and successful operation of smaller enterprise.

b. Its staff and facilities shall be available for

purpose of examining into and diagnosing

the

the

affairs and operations of any small enterprise to

which it shall submit its findings and recommer da-

tions. The diagnosis shall be made only upon

request of the smaller enterprise and the recom-

mendations shall not be binding in any respect.

c. It shall consult with laboratories and research

institutions regarding their available facilities and

techniques and shall encourage but in no way

require the utilisation of such facilities and techni-

ques by smaller enterprise.

d. It shall encourage but in no way require new

and useful products and processes on the part of

small enterprise.

e. It shall hold expositions to display the products

and processes of smaller enterprise.

f. It shall prepare studies of economic conditions

affecting smaller enterprise and shall be empowered

to express its opinion on all bills affecting smaller

enterprise which shall have been into the Diet.

g. It shall concentrate the cooperation of all other

parts of the central and local autonomous Govern-

ment whose activities affect smaller enterprise.

h. It shall hold its staff and facilities available to

all persons who shall have complaints that some

Government action has affected their business in

an arbitrary or discriminatory manner, or that

some private action restrains their trade or is an

unfair method of competition. In the latter in-

stance, the complainant shall be referred to the

Fair Trade Commission.

(Organization)

Article 4. The Board shall be composed of a Secretariat

which shall be in charge of administration and per-

sonnel, a Promotion Bureau which shall be in charge

of the functions set forth in Paragraphs a, e, f5 g,

h of Article 3 and a Fostering Bureau which shall

be in charge of the functions set forth in Paragraphs

b, c, d of the same Article.

(Personnel)

Article 5. All functions of the Board shall be performec

t hrough its own personnel and the Board shall

among such personnel, employ persons skilled in th<

efficient operation of enterprise as well as persons o

exceptional learning in economic matters. Th<

necessary matters concerning personnel shall be re

eulated by Cabinet Order.

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I Supplementary Provisions:

; Article 6. This Law shall become effective thirty (30)

! days after the date of its promulgation.

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Article 7. The following amendment shall

the Official Kttgtflations governing the

Commerce and Industry:

be made to

Ministry of

In Articles 9, 2, the words, "... matters per-

taining to the development of smaller enterprise

under the jurisdiction of the Ministry and . . ."

shall be deleted.

Minister of Finance

KITAMURA Tokutaro

Minister of Welfare

TAKEDA Giichi

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

NAGAE Kaxuo

Minister of Commerce and Industry

MIZUTANI Chozaburo

Minister of Transportation

OKADA Seiichi

I'rime

Kind

Cigarette withmouthpiece

Cigarette with-

out mouthpiece

Do

Do

Do

Cut tobacco

Do

Cut tobacco tobe rolled byhand

Minister

ASHIDA Hitoshi

I hereby promulgate the Law concerning the Decision

and Revision on the Fixed Prices of Manufactured

Tobacco.

Signed: JIIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor

This second day of the seventh month of the twenty-

third year of Showa (July 2, 194S)

Prime Minister

ASHIDA Hitoshi

Law No. 84

L:iw concerning the Decision and Revision

on the Fixed Prices of Manufactured Tobacco

In accordance with the stipulationsof Article3 of

the Finance Law (promulgated as Law No. 34, 1947),

the maximum prices of tohacco manufactured by the

Government sliallbe decided as follows:

Name

Price List of Tobacco Manufactured by the Government

"Asahi"

"Peace"

"Ikoi"

Type

Standard

Length: 8f> m/in

Inner

Circumference: 29 ,,

I

Length : 70 in/in

Inner

Circumference: 26 ,,

Length :

"Happy" ; Inner

Do.

"Kinshi"

"Kikvo"

"Minori"

70 ni/ni

Circumference: 24

Fine cut

Do

Do.

I

"Nozomi" i Rongh cut

o

Quality

Medium grade made with

native type leaf tobacco ;

High grade make with 'over 50% of yellow type ileaf tobacco i

Medium grade made withover 30% of yellow typeleaf tobacco

Do

Ordinary grade made :

with over 20% of yellowtype leaf tobacco

Medium grade made with,

native type leaf tobacco

Ordinary grade made

with native type leaf j

tobacco ■

Ordinary grade

with over 20% of

type leaf tobacco

Unit

10 pieces

10 ,,

10 ,,

10 ,

10 i,

10 Gram

10 ,

10

Price

20 yen <

60 ,

40 ,,

30 ,

11 ,

on i

10 ,

9 ,

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Supplementary Provision :

This Law shall come into force as from the day (if

its promulgation.

Prime Minister

AS HI DA Hitcshi

Minister of Finance

KITAMUIU T./kutaro

I hereby promulgate the .Law concerning the partial

amendment to the Mail Law.

Signed: HIROIIITO, Soal of the Emperor

This second day of the seventh month of the twenty-

third year of Sliowa (July 2, 194S)

Prime Minister

ASHIDA Ilitoshi

Law No. 85

The following partial amendments shall hi mile to

the Mail Law.

The following one paragraph shall be a l;leJ to

Article 13:

The Prime Minister and the Minister of Communi-

cations are authorised to prescribe by Ministerial Ordi-

nance the rates of postal charges on foreign mails and

the amounts of indemnity therefor not to exceed the

rates and amounts established by treaties.

Supplementary Provision:

The present Law shall come into force on the tenth

day counting from the date of its establishment.

Prime Minister

ASIIIDA Hitoshi

Minister of Communications

TOMrYOSHI Eiii

NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

May 17, 1948

Claimants:

Kiyoshi Fujiwara

No. 532, Yumikezuri, Kumayatua-mura, Waki-gun,

Okayama-ken

Yoshiyuki Miriato

No. 10, Nishihikirnido-machi,Hiroshima

Ilisako Kono

Mukaiji, Nagatsuka, Gion-machi, Asa-gun

Hiroshima

Hisako Kono

Mukaiji, Nagatsuka, Gion-machi, Asa-gun,

Hiroshima

Ilisako Koiv)

Mukuiji, N;i^itsuk,i, (iiou-inachi, Asa-gua

fIiro.shlma

Sut'iio Suz'ik

c o Tokujiro Oki, No. ≪≪..,

K'ire-shi

IViumnto-Miuohi

At the instance of the abivemrnt ;<>rud persons ill-.-

pos-i'ss>rs of share <vrtincites shown on the smivv 1

sheets are hereby requested to notify thc-ir claims on th.'

said share certificatesand submit the same to this <'>u:i

by 9-00 a.m., November IS, 194S.

In cass of failure to notify of .-nil submit the sam ■

in accordance with the preceding piragraph by the d:s,V

fixed, the said share ivrtificitesmay h: dwtlared null and

Void.

Hiroshima S.iinmary Court

(Annexed sheets abridged)

May 21, 194S

Claimant: Tomohiko Kanno

No. 2.'5,Kuribayashi, Mvodaiji-machi,

Okazaki-shi

Whereas the ab ivementioned claimant has rejii -st;-1

for public notification with reference to the share certificates

s-jt forth in the attached papar, the p:)ss.;ssor.-sof the sal I

.share certificates is luivby notified that he should rep:>re

liis claim and submit the same to this (')Urt not lat.T

than 10.00 a.m., February 22, 1949.

If he fails to do so by the fixed date, the shar^

certificate may be declared null and void.

Okaziki Summary Court

(Annexed sheet abridged)

April 30, 194S

Claimant: Masao Goto

No. 1^4, Hainadi, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie-kvti

At the instance of the ;ib )venu!itioned parson, tin-

possessors of the share certificatesshown on the annexe 1

sheet are hereby requited to notify their claims on the

s.iidshare certificatesand submit the same to this Court

by 9.00 a.m., October .'50,194S.

In case of failure to notify of and submit the s:iiu.'

in accordance with the preceding paragraph by the date

fixed, the said share certificatesmay be declared null and

void.

Yokkaichi Summary Court

(Annexed sheet abridged)

May 17, 194S

Claimant: Ilareaki Yokoyama

No. 9, Horikawa-ina,chi, Hiroshima-shi

At the instance of the abovementioned person, th^'

possessors of share certificates shown on the annexed

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plu-t-tare hereby requested to notify of tbeir claims on the :

s'iM share certificates and submit tie same to this Court i

hv ＼>.00a.m., November 18, 194S.

fixed, the said share certificatesmay be declared null and

void.

Hiroshima Summary Court

fn case of failure to notify of and submit the same in ' (Annexed sheet abridged)

:uror'.lan.ce with the preceding paragraph by the date

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