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Regulations for Inspection of Motion Picture Films
(The Translation of the Regulations under the Department of Home Affairs)
Ordinance No. 10, Department of Home Affairs.
Dated the 26th day of May, 14th year of Taisho (1926).
Amendment: Ordinance No. 31, Department of Home Affairs, dated the 1st day of September, 3rd year of Showa (1928).
Article I. No motion picture film other than those passed inspection in accordance with the present ordinance shall be allowed to show on the screen for the inspection of the public.
Article II. If any person who desires to have a motion picture film inspected shall apply in writing to the Minister of Home Affairs, stating the following items and accompanied by two copies of books explaining the film.
1. Applicant’s name and address. In case of corporation, its name, location of principal office and the name and address of the representative.
2. Title of the film (if foreign-manufactured film, the original name and the name translated into Japanese); the maker, the number of reels and the length of the film in metre. If there is no time to have a film, containing an actual photograph of a ceremony, a game or a contest, or current events, inspected by the Minister of Home Affairs, shall apply in writing, as provided in the preceding clause, to the Governor, (in Tokyo Prefecture all officers ranking below the Super¬ intendent-General of Metropolitan Police are the same) who exercises jurisdiction over the place in which the applicant intends to screen and may have it inspected by him. Governor may appoint the Chief of Police Station (or the Chief of the Branch Police Station) and delegate to him the authority as provided in the preceding clause.
If the government office which inspected the film deems it necessary, it may order the applicant to submit the documents certifying the exhibiting rights of the film referred to in his application.
Article III. If the inspecting government office finds that the film, the inspection of which is applied in accordance with the provision of the preceding clause, does not impede public peace, public morals or health, shall affix the official seal of approval to the film and write to that effect in the book explaining the play. But the inspecting government office as provided in Clause 2, Art. II and Art. Ill, shall affix a stamp of approval to the book explaining the play and may omit stamping the official seal on the film.
Article IV. The term of validity of the inspection of the Minister of Home Affairs shall be three years.
The inspection of the inspecting government office as provided in Clause 2, Art. II and Art. Ill shall be available for three months, but shall lose its validity in Hokkaido, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and other prefectures.
Article V. If the inspecting government office deems it necessary, may restrict the term of validity or the territories, irrespective of the provisions of the preceding clause.
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