Act No. 76 of July 1, 1948 Act on the Salaries of Public Prosecutors

Article 1 (1) Except as provided for by the Public Prosecutor's Office Act (Act No. 61 of 1947) and this Act, salary is paid to the Prosecutor General, the Deputy Prosecutor General, and superintending prosecutors in the same manner as that of persons set forth in Article 1, items (i) through (xlii) of the Act on Remuneration of Government Officials with Special Capacity (Act No. 252 of 1949); to public prosecutors who receive a salary in categories 1 through 8 and assistant public prosecutors who receive a monthly salary provided for in Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions or a salary in category 1 or 2 in the same manner as that of an official subject to the designated job salary schedule under the Act on Remuneration of Officials in the Regular Service Category (Act No. 95 of 1950); and to any other type of public prosecutors in the same manner as that of general officers; provided, however, that special adjustment of salary, overtime pay, holiday pay, night shift allowances, and night and day shift allowances are not paid. (2) The Deputy Prosecutor General and a superintending prosecutor are paid an unaccompanied transfer allowance in the same manner as that of general civil servants. (3) A superintending prosecutor working in a cold area is paid a cold area allowance in the same manner as that of general government officials.

Article 2 The monthly salary of a public prosecutor is to be in accordance with the attached table.

Article 3 (1) The Minister of Justice establishes the necessary rules for starting salaries, salary increases and other particulars concerning the salaries of public prosecutors, and determines the salaries to be received by each public prosecutor and other particulars in accordance with these rules. (2) The rules provided for in the preceding paragraph are established by the Minister of Justice in consultation with the Prime Minister.

Article 4 A public prosecutor who has been ordered to wait for a vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Article 24 of the Public Prosecutor's Office Act is to continue to receive a dependents allowance, area allowance, wide-area transfer allowance, housing allowance, end-of-year allowance, and cold area allowance.

Supplementary Provisions

Article 3 Until otherwise provided for by law, the monthly salary of an assistant public prosecutor may be set at 644,000 yen, limited to special cases, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2.

Appended Table (Re: Art. 2) Classification Monthly salary Prosecutor General 1,486,000 yen Deputy Prosecutor General 1,216,000 yen Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office 1,321,000 yen Other superintending prosecutors 1,216,000 yen Public prosecutor Category 1 1,191,000 yen Category 2 1,049,000 yen Category 3 979,000 yen Category 4 829,000 yen Category 5 716,000 yen Category 6 644,000 yen Category 7 584,000 yen Category 8 526,000 yen Category 9 443,900 yen Category 10 409,000 yen Category 11 390,800 yen Category 12 366,300 yen Category 13 339,700 yen Category 14 325,300 yen Category 15 309,000 yen Category 16 300,100 yen Category 17 283,300 yen Category 18 274,500 yen Category 19 269,100 yen Category 20 265,300 yen Assistant public prosecutor Category 1 584,000 yen Category 2 526,000 yen Category 3 462,000 yen Category 4 443,900 yen Category 5 409,000 yen Category 6 390,800 yen Category 7 366,300 yen Category 8 339,700 yen Category 9 325,300 yen Category 10 309,000 yen Category 11 300,100 yen Category 12 283,300 yen Category 13 274,500 yen Category 14 269,100 yen Category 15 265,300 yen Category 16 255,000 yen Category 17 247,100 yen