Sept. 14, 1939 is set as the effective date of the Judicial Protective Work Law. The Judicial Protective Work Commission, under the supervision of the Minister of Justice, which is to be composed of a president (the Minister of Justice) and no more than 15 members, has been organized. The competent Minister is authorized, on recommendation of this Commission, to withdraw permission for operating judicial protective work or restrict their operation, if those operating such works in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of the Law should violate the Law, injure or be suspected of injuring public welfare, or commit indefensible irregularities. The Committee for Judicial Protection has been organized for the purpose of protecting those mentioned under Article 1 of the Law—namely, those discharged from public prosecution with no supplementary suit brought against them, those under a sentence of conditional condemnation, those under suspension of sentence, those exempted from execution of sentence, those released on parole, those who have served out their term, and those who have been under judicial protection in accordance with the
Juvenile Law. This Committee, under the supervision of the Minister of Justice, is to investigate the attitude, environment and circumstances of those under protection, with a view to reshaping their character and assuring their livelihood. Other provisions also have been made in connection with the foregoing.