The duties of the shoten-cho, the shoten-jicho, shoten, nai-shoten, and shoten-ho were respectively the same as the ones which had been decided when the previous organization had been established.
掌典長、掌典次長、掌典、内掌典及び掌典補は、宮内省式部職掌典部時代と同様の職掌である。