National Requisition Ordinance (1939)
A historical Japanese law enacted in 1939 that allowed the government to conscript civilians for wartime labor.
The National Requisition Ordinance was promulgated in 1939.
Many workers were mobilized to munitions factories under the National Requisition Ordinance.
Compound of 国民 (kokumin, 'citizen') + 徴用 (chōyō, 'requisition') + 令 (rei, 'ordinance'). The term refers specifically to the 1939 Japanese law.