When a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator intends to process Cannabis plants (including the extraction of components of Cannabis plants and other acts prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and paragraph (3)), the cultivator must obtain the permission of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for each period from January to June and from July to December (referred to as a "half-year period" in paragraph (3)), with regard to the name and quantity of the Cannabis plants to be used for processing, the items to be processed, and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; provided, however, that this does not apply when processing seeds of the Cannabis plant or mature stalks of the Cannabis plant in a case prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
第一種大麻草採取栽培者は、大麻草の加工（大麻草の成分の抽出その他厚生労働省令で定める行為を含む。以下この項及び第三項において同じ。）をしようとするときは、一月から六月まで及び七月から十二月までの期間（同項において「半期」という。）ごとに、加工のために使用する大麻草の品名及び数量並びに加工をする品目その他厚生労働省令で定める事項について、厚生労働大臣の許可を受けなければならない。ただし、大麻草の種子又は成熟した茎の加工をする場合であつて厚生労働省令で定めるときは、この限りでない。
A person who intends to obtain the permission under the preceding paragraph must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare an application form stating the particulars prescribed in that paragraph.
A type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator who has obtained permission under paragraph (1) must, within 30 days after the end of the half-year period for which the permission was obtained, report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare the name and quantity of the Cannabis plants used for processing, the items processed, and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
第一項の規定により許可を受けた第一種大麻草採取栽培者は、当該許可を受けた半期の期間経過後三十日以内に、加工のために使用した大麻草の品名及び数量並びに加工をした品目その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を厚生労働大臣に報告しなければならない。
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has granted permission under paragraph (1), or has received a report under the preceding paragraph, the Minister is to notify the prefectural governor of that fact and its contents without delay.
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cannabis plantmachine translation
「大麻草」
The plant Cannabis sativa L. (カンナビス・サティバ・リンネ).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
type 1 cannabis plant harvesting cultivatormachine translation
「第一種大麻草採取栽培者」
A person who, under a license (免許) from the prefectural governor (都道府県知事) under Article 5, paragraph (1), grows cannabis plants to harvest raw materials for products made from them, limited to products of the seeds or mature stalks and others a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) specifies, including products that no longer have the plant's form.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (4)· applies throughout the law
prefectural governormachine translation
「都道府県知事」
The governor (知事) of the prefecture in which the cultivation site lies.
Short name set inArticle 5, paragraph (1)
half-year periodmachine translation
「半期」
In Article 12-4, each of the two periods of the year, January to June and July to December, for which a cultivator must obtain permission from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働大臣) to process cannabis plants, including extracting their components.
Short name set inArticle 12-4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 12-4, paragraph (3)