Supplementary Provisions 
The day for enforcement of thie law shall be determined by the 
Imperial Ordinance. Violations already committed (before passage of this 
law) to which the old penal provisions should apply, shall be punished 
according to the old provisions. 
Enforcenent ations of Law ati 
Sea Otter and Fur Seal Hunting 
Regulation of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Wo 46, 20 May 1942, amended by 
Regulation of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry No 1, November 1943, amended by Regu- 
lation of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry No 6, 8 December 19435, amended by Regulation 
of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry No 44, May 1944. 
Article 1 No one shall take any sea otter or fur seal on land without obtaining a 
license from the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. 
The application for a license specified in the preceding sentence can be made 
only by one who is designated by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. 
In case the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry accepts the application in 
clause 1, he must issue a licanee and make official announcement of the name 
or title of the one who obtained license. 
Article 2 No person who obtains a license specified in clause 1 of the preceding 
Article shall violate any of the conditions or restrictions which are en- 
tered in the license. 
Article 3 Any person who obtained a license specified in clause 1 of the preceding 
Article shall, following the instructions of the Minister of Agriculture and 
Forestry, submit a Hunting Report to the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry 
after the completion of hunting for that year. 
Article 4 No fur seal hunting on the sea north of 30°N Pacific Ocean (including the 
Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, and Sea of Japan) shall be carried on without 
obtaining a license from the Minietry of Agriculture and Forestry. 
Articls 5 No person who obtained a license provided for in the preceding Article shall 
hunt beyond the authorized area for operation or violate other conditions or 
reetrictions which are entered in the license to regulate fur seal hunting 
on the sea. 
Fisheries Agency 
5 December 1949 © 
(DRAFT) 
Law for Partial Amendzents to Sea Otter 
and Fur Seal Hunting Reeulation Law 
(Proposed changes are underlined) 
Article 1 The Government can, in accordance with the provisions of an order, prohibit 
or restrict the hunting of sea otters and fur seals. 
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