The Proclamation also declared that all laws and customs existing immediately prior to the Japanese Occupation would be respected, except that such of the existing law as the Chief Civil Affairs Officer considered practicable to administer during the period of military administration.
当該布告はさらに、全ての日本軍占領直前に存在した法と慣習の全てが尊重されることになるが、首席民事官（Chief Civil Affairs Officer）が軍政期間においては行政上実用的と考える現行法は例外とされた。