The Kyu Kotofu Rei was repealed based on "Koshitsu rei oyobi fuzoku horei haishi no ken" (literally, repeal of Koshitsu Rei and the subordinate laws and ordinances (Koshitsu Rei No.12 of 1947), but Article 1 of the existing Kutofu Rei is a progress provision stipulating that "any matters concerning Kotofu, except for those stipulated by this government ordinance, shall, for the time being, comply with precedents," and thus, detailed rules stipulated in the Kyu Kotofu Rei applies mutatis mutandis to the existing Kotofu.
皇室令及附属法令廃止ノ件（昭和22年皇室令第12号）により廃止されたが、現行皇統譜令は第1条で「この政令に定めるものの外、皇統譜に関しては、当分の間、なお従前の例による」との経過規定を置き、皇統譜の詳細に関しては旧皇統譜令の定めを準用する。