GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
AG 014. 4(19 Dec 45)CIS
(SCAPIN -458) 19 Desember 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR: IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH: Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT: Restoration of Electoral Rights to Releasd Political Prisoners.
The Imperial Japanese Government shall Immediately take such legal or administrstive action as may be required to:
a. Restore the right to vote and the right to hold public office to:
(1) All persons who were ordered to be released from detention, imprisonment, or protection and surveillance by the terms of the “Memorandum for the Imperial Japanese Government”, subject: “Removal of Restrictions on Political, Civil and Religious Liberties” dated 4 October 1945.
(2) All persons detained, imprisoned, or under protection and survailance for violation of the laws, decrees, orders, ordinances, and regulations referred to in the memorandum above described who were released from such restriction prior to 4 October 1945.
NOTE: This restoration of political rights shall be effected by providing and publiacising the necessary procedures for late registration and waiver of established residence requirements.
b. Notify not later than 31 December 1945 all persons affected by the terms of this directive that their electoral rights have been restored and specify the procedure which they shall observe to register and/or file candidacy for public office.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
HWAllen (Signature)
H. W. Allen,
Colonel. A. G. D.
Asst Adjutant General
↑SCAPIN-458: RESTORATION OF ELECTORAL RIGHTS TO RELEASED POLITICAL PRISONERS 1945/12/19 https://jpsearch.go.jp/en/item/dignl-9885525
↑SCAPIN-458: RESTORATION OF ELECTORAL RIGHTS TO RELEASED POLITICAL PRISONERS 1945/12/19 https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/9885525
