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EXTRA No. 88 SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1949

LAW

I hereby promulgate the Law concerningthe Partial Amendments to the EnforcementLaw of the Imperial House Economy Law.,

Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the EmperorThis seventh day of the fifth month of the

twenty-fourth year of Showa (May 7, 1949)Prime Minister

YOSHJDA Shigeru-

Law No. 50Law concerning the Partial Amend-

ments to the Enforcement Lawof the Imperial House

Economy LawA part of the Enforcement Law of the Im-

perial House Economy Law (Law No. 113 of1947) shall be amended as follows:

In Article 7, "20,000,000 yen" shall read"28,000,000 yen."

In Article 8, "360,000 yen" shall read" 650,000 yen."

Supplementary Provision :The present Law shall come into force as

from the day of its promulgation, and shall beapply as from April 1, 1949.

Prime MinisterYOSHIDA Shigeru

Minister of FinanceIKEDA Hayato

I hereby promulgate the Law specifying Dis-aster mentioned in Article 25-(2) of the Lawproviding Temporary Measures concerningLeasehold Land and Leased Building in theCities Damaged by War and District to whichthe Provisions of the said Article shall apply.

Signed: HIR0H1T0, Seal of the EmperorThis seventh day of the fifth month of the

twenty-fourth year of Showa (May 7, 1949), Prime Minister

YOSHIDA Shigeru

Law No. 51Law specifying Disaster mentioned inArticle 25~(2) of the Law providingTemporary Measures concerning Lease*hold Land and Leased Building in theCities Damaged by War and District towhich the Provisions of the said Art-

icle shall applyDisaster mentioned in Article 25^2) of the

Law providing Temporary Measures concerningLeasehold Land and Leased Building in theCities, Damaged by War (Law No. 13 of 1946)shall be specified as mentioned in the left col-umn of the following table, and district towhich the provisions of the said Article shallafeply concerning the disaster mentioned in thesaid column shall be specified as mentioned inthe right column of the following table.

Disaster Distr ictlure disaster, which occurred in In Akita

Noshiro-shi in Akita Prefecture Prefectureon. February 20, 1949. Noshiro-shi

Supplementary Provision :The present Law shall come into force as

from the day of its promulgation.Attorney* General

UEDA ShunkichiMinister of Construction

MASUTANI ShujiPrime Minister

YOSHIDA Shigeru

I hereby promulgate the Temporary Res-taurant Business Control Law.

Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the EmperorThis seventh day of the fifth month of the

twenty-fourth year of Showa (May 7, 1949)Prime Minister

YOSHIDA Shigem

Law Mo. 52Temporary Restaurant Business

Control Law(Object of this I/iw)

Article !. The object of this Law is to con-trol restaurant- business in a rational man-ner with a view to prevent black-market

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transactions in staple and other foods andto promote effective utilization thereof,

(Definit i on)Article 2. The term " restaurant business" as

used in this Law means any business forequipping with facilities necessary forfood^dispensing business and serving foodand/or drinks to customers.

(Licensing of Restaurant Business)Article 3. A person desiring to conduct a're-

staurant business shall, in accordance withthe procedures laid down by the competentMinister, obtain license issued by the pre-fectural governor for each of the followingtypes of business.(1) Meal-coupon restaurant.

Meal-coupon restaurant means businesswhich serves meals in exchange formeal -coupons.

(2) Noodle meal-coupon restaurant.Noodle meal-coupon restaurant means bu-

siness which serves "udon," "soba,""hiyamugi," Chinese noodle, and othernoodles in exchange for meal-coupons.

(3) Hotel and ima.Hotel and inn mean business which pro-

vides guests with lodging for chargeson daily or half daily basis and servesmeals incidental to lodging in exchangefor meal-coupons.

(4) Light restaurant.Light restaurant means high-class res-•E taurant, "Machiai," cafe, cabaret, and

other business which serve dishes otherthan staple food as specified in Article2 of the Food Control Law (Law No.40 of 1942) and items processed orcooked there from (hereinafter referredto as designated staple food) or alcohol-ic and other beverages.

(5) Tea-room.Tea-room means business which serves

only non-alcoholic bsverages,.fruits orcakes made from materials other thandesignated staple food.

2 The prefectural governor shall not, in thecase of business requiring license in accord-ance with the provisions of the laws men-tioned hereunder, give the license as pro-vided for in the preceding paragraph un-less the applicant is duly licensed under thesame laws,(1) Article 21 of Food Sanitation Law

(Law No. 233 of 1947).(2) Article 2 of the Law regulating "Fu-

zoku" Business (Law No. 122 of 1948).(3) Article 3 of the Hotel Business Law

(Law No. 138 of 1948).3 The prefectural governor shall not, at the

^me place, grant licence for more than two

types of restaurant business specified inPar. 1, except under the extraordinary cir-cumstances.

4 The prefectural governor shall not, inissuing the licence mentioned in the pro-visions of Par. 1, grant licence when hedeems it detrimental to the rational con-sumption of food after investigation busi-ness facilities, site and estimated numberof guests, etc,

(Display of Sign)Article 4. Any person licensed in accordance

with the provisions of the preceding ArticleShall keep the license issued by the prefec-tural governor within the premises and shall 'display asign in the from as determined bythe competent Minister in front of the pre-mises or any other place easily visible fromoutside the premises.

(Prohibition of Custom Processing)Article 5. No one engaged in restaurant busi-

ness shall engage in dustom processing orcooking of food and/or drink, upon orderof consumers.

(Restriction on Designated Staple Food)Article 6. No one engaged in restaurant busi-

ness shall serve *designated staple food ex-cept in cases where persons engaged inhotel and inn, meal-coupon restaurant andnoodle meal-coupon , restaurant businesss^rve it in connection with their businessin exchange for valid meal-coupons.

Article 7. No one engaged in hotel and inn,meal-coupon restaurant and noodle meal-coupon restaurant business shall serve foodunless in exchange for meal-coupons.

(Restriction on Service of Food)Article 8. No one engaged in light restaurant

business shall serve food unless in exchangefor grocery coupons prescribed by the com-petent Minister.

(Observance of Official Prices)Article 9. A person engaged in restaurant

business shall observe such official prices asmay be determined in accordance with theprovisions of the Price Control Ordinance(Imperial Ordinance No. 18 of 1946) withregard to food and drink he serves.

(Obligation to Report)Article 10. A person engaged in restaurant

business shall, in conformity with the pro-visions stipulated by the competent Min-inister, report to the prefectural governoron the number of meal or grccery couponsexchanged in accordance with the provisionsof Article 7 or Article 8 after verificationby the head of city, town and village orother person designated by the competentMinister,

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(Suspension of Business or Revocation ofL icense)

Article ll. When the prefectural governor dis-covered that a person engaged in restaurantbusiness under license has violated the pro-visions of this Law or order to dispositionissued under this Law or made fales state-ment or misrepresentation in an applicationfor license or report under this Law orcommitted an unlawful act in connectionwith the acquisition of materials, and others,and deemed it inconsistent conspicuouslywith the purpose of Article 1, the governormay suspend his business or revoke hisl icense.

2 When the number of meal or grocery cou-pons reported by a person engaged in res-taurant business under the preceding Arti-cle has failed to reach the number fixed bythe competent Minister over the period de-termined by the same Minister, the prefec-ture1 governor shall suspend his business orrevoke his license except in cases where theprefectural governor finds unusual circum-stances explaining the failure to acquirethe prescribed number.

3 The prefectural governor shall, in dispos-ing according to-the preceding two para-graphs, ask for appearance of a person en-gaged Itl the said business or of his repre-sentative and conduct the open hearing.

4 The prefectural governor shall inform theperson engaged in restaurant businesswithin one week prior to the date of openhearing of the acts of violation deemed tobe the causes for the dispositions mention-ed in Par. 1 or Par. 2, the date and placeof open 'hearing, and shall give the publicnotice of the date and place thereof.

(Penalties)Article 12. A person who engages in the res-

taurant business without a license issuedunder Paragraph 1 of Article 3 shall besubjected to penal servitude not exceeding3 years or a fine not exceeding 300,000 yen.

Article 13. A person who has violated the pro-visions of Article 5 to 8 inclusive shall besubjected to a fine not exceeding 100,000yen.

Article 14. A person who has committed oneof the offences mentioned hereunder shallbe subjected to a fine not exceeding 500,000yen:.

(1) Fales statement or misrepresentationin an application for license of prefec-tural governor under Paragraph 1 of Arti-cle3.

(2) Violation of the provisions of Article 4.(3) Failure to report or false statement or

misrepresentation in a report under the

provisions of Article 10.Article 15. A person who has committee an

offence as mentioned in Article 12 may besubjected to penal servitude as well as* toa fine jointly in case the circumstancesjustify.

Article 16. When a representative of a jurid-ical parson, agent, employee of or anyother person engaged by a juridical or nat-ural person has committed an offence asmentioned in Articles 12 to 14 inclusive inconnection with the business of the saidjuridical or natural person, not only theoffender shall be punished but also thejuridical or natural person concerned shallbe subjected to penalties as provided for inthe said Articles.

Supplementary Provisions:1. This Law shallcome into force as from the

day of its promulgation.2. This Law shall expire on whichever date is

earlier, May 1, 1950 or the day of abolitionof the Economic Stabilization Board, providedthat it shall be effective even thereafter withregard to the application of penalties to of-fences committed prior to the ssid date.

3. Those persons licenced to conduct restaurant-business under the Cabinet Order relating tothe Food Dispensing Business EmergencyMeasures (No. 118 of 1947) as of April 30,1949, shall be deemed as licensed under thisLaw with regard to the kind of business fortwo months after the enforcement of thisLaw. - * ,

4. Cabinet Order relating to the Food Dispens-ing Business Emergency Measures shall beabolished; provided that the said Cabinet Or-der shall remain effective with, regard to theapplication of penalties to offences comittedprior to the enforcement of this Law.

5. A part of the Economic Investigation BoardLaw, (Taw No. 206, 1948) shall be amendedas follows:

In the Attached Table No. 1, "CabinetOrdinance relating to the Food DispensingBusiness Emergency Measures " shall read"Law for Temporary Restaurant BusinessControl. "

Prime Minister •EYOSHIDA Shigeru

Minister of WelfareHAYASHI Joji

Minister of Agriculture and ForestryMORI Kotaro

CABINET ORDERS

1 hereby promulgate the Cabinet Order forPartial Amendments to the Regulations govern-

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ing the Organization of the Board of Trade andOthers.

Signed: UIROHITO, Soal of the EmperorThis seventh day of the fifth month of the

twenty-fourth year of Showa (May 7, 1949)Prime Minister

1 YOSHIDA Shigeru

Cabinet Order No, 89Cabinet Order for Partial Amendments

to the Regulations governing theOrganization of the Board of

Trade and OthersIn accordance with the provisions of Para-

graph 2 of Supplementary Provisions of Lawconcerning Temporary Measures pending ComingInto Force of the National Government Organi-zation Law (Law No. 33 of 1948), the Cabinetestablishes this Cabinet Order.Article 1. A part of the Regulations governing

the Organization of the Board of Trade(Imp2rial Ordinance No. 703 of 1945) shallbe amended as follows:

In Secretary of Ministry of Commerceand Industry in Article 2, Paragraph 1,"full-time 121 persons 2nd Class" shallread "full-time 227 persons 2nd Class"and " full-time 97 persons 3rd Class" shallread " full-time 202 persons 3rd Glass."

Article 2. A part of the Regulations governingthe Establishment of Temporary personnelin the Ministry of Commerce and Industry(Imperial Ordinance JN3o. 487 of 1945) shallbe amended as follows:

In Secretary of Ministry of Commerceand Industry in Article 1~(2), Paragraph 3,"full-time 1,633 'persons 2nd Class " shallread "full-time 1,527 2nd Class" and inSecretary or Technical Official of Ministryof Commerce and Industry, " full-time 4,624persons 3rd Class" shall read "full-time'4,519 3rd Class."

Supplementary Provision :The present Cabinet Order shall come into

force as from the day of its promulgation.Minister of Commerce and Industry

INAGAKI HeitaroPrime Minister

YOSHIDA Shigeru

I hereby promulgate the Enforcement Orderof the Law concerning the Treasury's Share ofthe Compulsory Education Expenses.

Signed: HIR0H1T0, Seal of the EmperorThis seventh day of the fifth month of the

twenty-fourth year of Showa (May 7, 1949)Prime Minister

YOSHIDA Shigeru

Cabinet Order No. 90Enforcement Order of Law concerning

Treasury's Share of CompulsoryEducation Expenses

In accordance with the provisions of Article1 of the Law concerning the Treasury's Shareof Compulsory Education Expenses (Law No. 22of 1940), and for the purpose of enforcing thesaid Law, the Cabinet establishes this CabinetOrder for amendment of the whole of the En-forcement Order of the Law concerning theTreasury's Share of Compulsory Education Ex-penses (Imperial Ordinance No. 240 of 1940).Article 1. The range of personnel mentioned

in Article 1, Paragraph 2 of the Law con-cerning the Treasury's Share of CompulsoryEducation Expenses (Law No. 22 of 1940)(hereinafter referred to as " the Law "), shallinclude principals, teachers, nurse-teachers,and assistant teachers, assistant nurse-tea-chers, dormitory matrons, and lecturers(hereinafter referred to as " the personnel ")of public elementary schools, lower second-ary schools, schools for the blind, and scho-ols for the deaf.

Article 2. The allowances of day-duty andnight-duty mentioned in Article 1, Paragra-ph 1 of the Law shall be limited to oneunit allowance for one school when thepersonnel have taken the day-duty or thenight-duty.

2 Concerning the allowances of day andnight-duty mentioned in the preceding para-graph, one branch school shall be regardedas one school.

Article 3. The fixed number of personnel men-tioned in Article 1, Paragraph 2 of the Lawshall.be as follows. In case, however, thefixed number of the personnel exceeds theactual number of personnel who are hold-ing their posts at present (hereinafter refer-red to as "the actual number"), the actualnumber shall be regarded as the fixed num-ber.

-Kinds of PersonnelElementary Shool Personnel

Lower Secondary SchoolPersonnel

Fixed Number of Personnel throughout the CountryNumber of school-age children enrolled in public elementary

schools on April 1 every year divided by 50, and multi-plied by 1.5.

Number of school-age pupils enrolled in public lower second-ary schools on April 1 every year divided by 50, andmultiplied by 1.8.

Personnel of Schools for the Number of school-age children enrolled in public schools forBlind and for the Deaf the blind and for the deaf on April 1 every year divided

by 10, and multiplied by 1.5. However, the number ofdormitory matrons shall be fixed as follows:

Of the public schools for the blind; number of school-age dormitory children divided by 5.

Of the public schools for the deaf; number of school-age dormitory children divided by 8.

2 In making calculation in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph a frac-ction less than one person shall be counted as one.

3 Minister of Education shall determine the fixed number of the personnel in every pre-fectuie, within range of the fixed number of them throughout the country calculatedthrough the process stipulated in the preceding two paragraphs.

4 Prefectural board of education shall determine the fixed number of the personnel in everycity, twen or village, within range of the fixed number of them in every prefecture, sti-pulated in the preceding paragraph.

Article 4. The amount of allowances mentioned in Article 1, Paragraph 2 of the Law shallbe fixed as follows:

Kinds of Allowances Amount of AllowancesSalary Average monthly amount of the whole personnel of the

elementary schools, ¥5,569; of the lower secondary schools,¥6,093; of the schools for the blind and for the deaf,¥6,871.

Special additional allowances, Amount fixed ly Minister of Education, through the agree-grant for death, family ment of Minister of Finance, in compliance with those ofallowances, area allowances, national public service,retirement allowance andclay and night-duty allow-ances

Travelling Expenses Yearly average amount of the whole personnel, ¥2,000.2 Minister of Education shall determine the amount of allowances for every prefecture,

within range of the budget for the allowances calculated on the basis, of the amount of al-lowances stipulated in the preceding paragraph.

Article 5. The Treasury's share to be delivered to every prefecture, in accordance with theprovisions of Article 2 of the Law, shall be defrayed by rough estimation quarterly onApril, July, October and January.

Supplementary Provisions :1. This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation, and shall

apply as from April 1, 1948. Until December 31, 1948, however, the fixed number men-tioned in Article 3 shall ba the actual numbar of the personnel in every month, and theamount of allowances mentioned in Article 4 shall be those paid in respective months.

2. School-age children and pupils that from the basis of calculating the fixed number of theparsonnel throughout the country stipulated in Article 3 shall be, in the school year 1948,those of the first and second year classes only in the public lower secondary schools, andthose of the first year classes only in the elementary school section of public schools forthe blind and the public schools for the deaf.

Minister of FinanceIKEDA Hayato

Minister of EducationTAKASE Sotaro

Prime MinisterYOSHIDA Shigeru

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MINISTERIAL ORDINANCE

Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryOrdinance No, 34

May 7, 1949Authorized by (,ho Temporary Restaurant

Business Control Law (Law No. 52 of 1949), andin accordance with the Economic StabilizationBoard Instructions No. 19 of 1949 (concerningthe Operational Regulation of the TemporaryRestaurant Business Control Law), the Tempo-raly Restaurant Business Control Law Enforce-ment Regulation shall be established a: follows:

Minister of Agriculture and ForestryMORI Kotaro

Temporary Restaurant Business Control•ELaw Enforcement Regulation

(Application for License)Article 1. A person desiring to conduct re-

staurant business shall apply to the pre-fectural governor for license, submitting astatement on the below-mentioned items,accompanied by a certificate of licensegranted in accordance with the provisionsof the law mentioned in Par. 2, Art. 3 ofthe Temporary Restaurant Business ControlLaw (hereinafter referred to as the Law):1. The permanent domicile, address, name,

date of birth and outline of personalhistory of applicant, and trade name (inthe case of a juridical person, the localitywhere its principal office is situated, thename, and a copy of the articles of as-sociation as well as the address, name,and outline of personal history of itsrepresentat ive) ;

2. The name and address of any personwho is entitled to a 5% or greater sharein the profits of the establishment concern-ed and of any personNwho has any rightto control or direct the operation of theestablishment ;

3. Type of business as listed in Par. 1,Art. 3 of the Law;

4. Location of business;5. The proposed date of commencement of

business ;6. Outline of business facilities;7. The proposed hours of business;8. Monthly estimated number of guests for

the year;9. Other items as may be specified by the

prefectural governor.2 A person who is engaged in restaurant

business (hereinafter referred to as a personengaged in restaurant business) shall reportto the prefectural governor any subsequent

change In any oi snch particulars mentionedin Items 1, 2, 6, 7 and 9 of the precedingparagraph within five days after such change.

(Restrictions on License)Article 2. In the case of the following items,

the prefecture governor nhall not give thelicense ;1. In any case inwhich the application for

a license under the provisions of Para-graph 1 of the preceding Article is notfull and complete, or does not clearlyshow the ownership of the restaurantbusiness concerned and the responsibilityfor operating the same;

2. In case where the prefectural governordeems that the estimated average monthlynumber of guests ^tated in the applicationunder the provisions of Paragraph 1 ofthe preceding Article is unreasonably lowin comparison with the location, opera-tional capacity and facilities, and over-head expenses of the establishment, andother relevant facts.

(Standard of License for Business combined)Article 3. The special circumstances as provid-

ed for in Par. 3, Art. 3 of the Law referto such cases as where the station is thechanging point and where the number ofpersons engaged in restaurant business isfew and the concurrent operation of anyother kind of business is deemed necessaryas to the business other than light restaur-ant and other cases in which the prefecturalgovernor deems it necessary to permit suchconcurrent operation and the approval ofthe Minister of Agriculture and Forestryhas been obtained for such permission.

(Sign)Article 4. The sign specified under Art. 4 of

the Law shall be in the form as shown inAppend ix.

(Meal coupon and Grocery coupon)Article 5. The meal coupon referred to in Art.

7 of the Law shall be the purchasing couponregulated in the Enforcement Regulation ofthe Foodstuffs Control Law (Ministry ofAgriculture and Forestry Ordinance No. 103,1947) and the grocery coupon referred to inArt. 8 of the Law shall be the grocerycoupon mentioned in Art. 2 of the Miso,Shoyu and Amino Acid Demand and SupplyAdjustment Regulation (Ministry of Agri-culture and Forestry Ordinance No. 100 of1947).

(Procedure of Report under Article 10 of theLaw)

Article 6. A person engaged in restaurant busi-ness shall, by the 10th of each month, Tiavethe numbsr of meal or grocery coupons re-

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ceived in the preceding month verified bythe head of a city, town or village admin-istrating the area where the business of thesaid person is located and, by the 20th ofthe same month, submit the certificate ofthe number of said coupons issued by thesaid head to the prefectural governor.

(Standard of Disposition in Par. 2, Article llof the Law)

Article 7. The prefectural governor- shall sus-pend the business or revoke the licence ofa parson engaged in restaurant business aswhen the number of valid meal orgrocery coupons in each month (except forthe month during which the business isopened), as the case may be, reported byhim to the prefectural governor in accord-ance with the provisions of the precedingArticle falls short of the following percent-age of the estimated number of guests, un-less he finds special circumstances renderingthe shortage of coupons unavoidable:

50%" for any one month;65% for any consecutive two months'

period ;S0% for any consecutive three months'

period.(Report on Numbor of Licenses and disposi-

tions)Article 8. Prefectural governor shall, by the

10th of next month, report to the Ministerof Agriculture and Forestry, Director-Gen-eral of the Economic Stabilization Boardand President of the General Economic In-vestigation Board the number of licences

under the provisions of Art. 3 or Art. llof the Law and dispositions under the pro-visions of Art. ll of the Law which hegave or made in each preceding month.

Supplementary Provisions :1. This Ministerial Ordinance shall he enforced

as from the day of its promulgation.2. The Miso, Shoyu and Amino Acid Demand'

and Supply Adjustment Regulations shallpartially be revised as follows:

In Par. 2, Art. 2, "Grocery conpons shallmean those purchasing coupons which arehanded over by household consumers to eator drink at the restaurant as provided for inthe Temporary Restaurant Business ControlLaw (Law No. 52 of 1949) and in exchangefor which Shoyu is purchased by the restaur-ant operator" shall be inserted after "shallmean purchasing pass-book" and " grocerycoupon " shall be inserted after " distributionallocation certificates shall mean householdpurchasing coupon."

In Par. 1, Art. 4, next to "the householdpurchasing pass-book," " grocery coupon"shall be inserted.

Article 6 shall be amended as follows:With regard to allocation of shoyu to

those who have received grocery coupons, theprefetural governor shall deduct the amountof shoyu corresponding to it from the amountof shoyu to be purchased as stated in theParagraph 3 of the preceding Article.

In Art.-8, "this Ministerial Ordinance"shall read " this Ministerial Ordinance or theLaws and Ordinances."

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No. of License

(Approved) RESTAURANT BUSINESS (Classificat ion)

Name of Prefecture (Seal)

Remarks:These letters shall be great and written in black ink on white paper or wooden plate.

INSTRUCTIONS

Economic Stabilization BoardInstructions No. 19

May 7, 1949In accordance with the provisions of Article

15 of the Economic Stabilization Board Ordi-nance, the Economic Stabilization Board In-structions concerning the Operational Regulationof the Temporary Restaurant Business ControlLaw shall be decided as follows:

President of EconomicStabilization Board

YOSHIDA Shigeru

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Economic Stabilization Board instructionsconcerning the Operational Regulationof the Temporary Restaurant Business

Control LawArticle 1. The Ministry of Agriculture and

Forestry shall take the responsibility for theoperation of the Temporary Restaurant Busi-ness Control Law (hereinafter called as theLaw).

Article 2. A person desiring to engage in re-staurant business shall apply to the prefec-tural governor for licence, submitting astatement on the below-mentioned items,accompanied by certificate of licence grantedin accordance with the provisions of Par.2 of Art; 3 of the Law.

Any subsequent change in any of theinformation contained in Items 1, 2, 6, 7,or 9 of an application must be reported tothe prefectural governor within five daysafter such change:1. The premanent domicile, address, name,

and title date of birth and outline ofpersonal history of applicant to engage inrestaurant business (in case of a juridicalperson, the location of its principal office,the name, and a copy of the articles ofassociation, as well as the address, name,and outline of personal history of itarepresentative) ;

2. The name and address of any personwho is entitled to a 5% or greater sharein the profits of the business concernedand of any person who has any right tocontrol or direct the business concerned;

3. Type of business as listed ii\ Art. 3,Par. 1 of the Law;

4. Location of business;5. The proposed date of commencement of

business ;6. Outline of business facilities;7. The proposed hours of business;8. Monthly estimated number of guests for

the year;9. Other items as may be specified by the

prefectural governor.Article 3. In the case of the following items,

the prefectural governor shall not give thelicence for restaurant business:1. In any case in which the application

for a license under the provisions of Par.1 of the preceding Article is not full andcomplete, or does not clearly show theownership of the restaurant business con-cerned and responsibility for operating thesame;

2. In case where the prefectural governordeems that the estimated average monthlynumber of guests stated in the applicationunder the provisions of Par. 1 of the

preceding Article is unreasonably low incomparison with the location, operationalcapacity and facilities, overhead expensesof the' establishment and other relevantfacts.

Article, 4. The special circumstances as provid-ed for in Par. 3, Art. 3 of the Law referto such cases where the station is thechanging point and where the number*ofrestaurants is few and the concurrent busi-ness operation is deemed necessary aridother cases which the prefectural governordeems necessary and approved^ by the Min-ister of Agriculture and Forestry.

Article 5. The sign specified under Art. 4 ofthe Law shall be in the form as shown inthe appendix.

Article.6. The meal coupon shall be the purchas-ing coupon regulated in Article 25 of theEnforcement Regulation of the FoodstuffControl Law (M.A.F. Ordinance 103, 1947)and the grocery coupon shall be the grocerycoupon mentioned in the Miso, Shoyu andAmino Acid Demand and Supply Adjust-ment Regulation (Agriculture and ForestryMinistry Ordinance No. 100 of 1947).

Article 7. A person engaged in restaurant busi-ness shall, by 10th each month, have thenumber of meal or grocery coupons receivedin the preceding month verified by the headof a city, town or village administratingthe area where business is located and, by20th of the same month, submit the certifi-cate of the number issued by the said headto the prefectural governor.

Article 8. The prefectural governor shall sus-pend the business or revoke the licence ofperson engaged in restaurant business incase where the number of valid meal orgrocery coupons in each month (except forthe month during which the business isopened), as the case may be, reported byhim to the prefectural governor in accord-ance with the provisions of the precedingArticle falls short of the following percent-age of the estimated number of guests un-less he finds special circumstances rederingthe shortage of coupons unavoidable.

50% in any one month65% any consecutive two month's period80^ any consecutive three month's period.

Article 9. The competent Minister shall at oncemake necessary measures for the applicationof the Law pursuant to this Instructions,such as enactment of the Ministerial Ordi-nance, issuance of the grocery coupon,, dis-tribution for business, notification of theapplication of the Law to the official agen-cies concerned,, collection of the reports

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from the prefectural governors and others.

Supplementary Provisions ;1. This Instructions shall come into effect as

from the day of its promulgation.

(Annexed Form)

No. of License

(Approved)

2. The matters concerning the application of theFood-Dispensing Business Emergency Mea-sures Ordinance (Economic Stabilization BoardInstructions No. 8 of 1947) shall be abolished.

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RESTAURANT BUSINESS (Kind of Business)

Name of Prefecture (Seal)

Remarks:These letters shall be great and written in black ink on white paper or wooden plate.

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