Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation

The purpose of this Act is, by imposing the regulations necessary for ensuring the proper cultivation of Cannabis plants, to prevent hygiene and health hazards due to the abuse of Cannabis in conjunction with the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act (Act No. 14 of 1953), and thereby to contribute to public welfare.

①In this Act, "Cannabis plant" means Cannabis sativa Linnaeus.

②In this Act, "Cannabis" means the Cannabis plant (excluding the seeds and mature stalks thereof) and its products (excluding those that do not have the form of a Cannabis plant).

③In this Act, "Cannabis plant cultivator" means a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator, a type 2 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator, and a Cannabis plant research cultivator.

④In this Act, "type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator" means a person who, having received a license from the prefectural governor pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1), cultivates Cannabis plants for the purpose of harvesting raw materials of products manufactured from Cannabis plants (including those that do not have the form of a Cannabis plant, and limited to products of seeds or mature stalks and other products specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare).

⑤In this Act, "type 2 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator" means a person who, having received a license from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (1), cultivates Cannabis plants for the purpose of harvesting raw materials of pharmaceuticals prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (Act No. 145 of 1960).

⑥In this Act, "Cannabis plant research cultivator" means a person who, having received a license from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (1), cultivates Cannabis plants for the purpose of researching Cannabis plants.

No person other than a Cannabis plant cultivator may cultivate Cannabis plants.

①A person who intends to become a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator must, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, obtain a license (hereinafter in this Chapter simply referred to as a "license") from the governor of the prefecture to which the cultivation area belongs (hereinafter referred to as the "prefectural governor").

②A license is not granted to persons falling under any of the following items:

①The type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator register is to be kept in the prefectures and the information concerning licenses registered in it.

②The information to be registered pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is provided for by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

③A type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator must, if a change occurs in the registered information in the type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator register, notify the prefectural governor to that effect within 15 days.

①When the prefectural governor grants a license, the prefectural governor is to register it in the type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator register and issue a license certificate.

②A license certificate must not be transferred or be lent to others.

③If a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator damages or loses the license certificate, the cultivator must, within 15 days, state the reason, in case of damage, attach that license certificate and submit an application for reissuance of the license certificate to the prefectural governor.

④If a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator, after having the license certificate reissued pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, finds the lost license certificate, the cultivator must, within 15 days, return that license certificate to the prefectural governor.

⑤A person who has received a license must, when the validity period of that license has expired or when that license has been revoked pursuant to Article 12-6, paragraph (1), return the license certificate to the prefectural governor within 15 days.

The validity period of a license is from the date on which that license is issued to December 31 of the second year after the year in which that date falls.

A type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator (including a person whose license's validity period has expired) must, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, report the following matters to the prefectural governor for each year in the validity period of the license, by January 31 of the year following that year:

①A type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator must keep an accounting book at the cultivator's office and enter the following particulars in it:

②A type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator must preserve the accounting book under the preceding paragraph for two years from the last entry date.

A type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator must not take Cannabis owned by the cultivator out of the cultivation area; provided, however, that this does not apply when the cultivator has obtained the permission of the prefectural governor or has made the notification under paragraph (2) of the following Article.

①When a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator intends to dispose of Cannabis owned by the cultivator in the cultivation area, the cultivator must notify the prefectural governor of the name and quantity of the Cannabis to be disposed of, and dispose of that Cannabis by the method prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②When a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator intends to dispose of Cannabis owned by the cultivator outside the cultivation area, the cultivator must notify the prefectural governor of the name and quantity of the Cannabis to be disposed of and the method of disposal, and dispose of that Cannabis in the presence of the relevant official.

①When any accident such as loss, theft or unknown whereabouts occurs with respect to the Cannabis, seeds not treated against germination and narcotics owned by a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator, the cultivator must without delay notify the prefectural governor of the name and quantity of that Cannabis, seeds not treated against germination and narcotics, and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②Upon receiving a notification under the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must without delay report the particulars prescribed in that paragraph to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①A type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator must cultivate Cannabis plants using seeds of the Cannabis plant in which the content of the substance listed in Appended Table I, item 42 of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act does not exceed the standard specified by Cabinet Order, or other things prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②When a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator has come to cultivate Cannabis plants in which the content referred to in the preceding paragraph exceeds the standard referred to in that paragraph, the cultivator must without delay discontinue the cultivation of those Cannabis plants.

①When 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.

②A 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.

③A 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.

④When 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.

A type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator must store narcotics owned by the cultivator in a locked, sturdy facility within the office where the cultivator handles those narcotics in the course of business, and, at the same time, must store Cannabis owned by the cultivator (excluding that which is actually growing in the cultivation area) in a locked facility within the office where the cultivator handles that Cannabis in the course of business.

①When a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator has violated a provision of this Act, a disposition of the prefectural governor based on a provision of this Act, or a condition attached to the license prescribed in this Act or to the permission of the prefectural governor, has committed a crime or an unlawful act in connection with the cultivator's business, or has come to fall under any of Article 5, paragraph (2), items (ii) through (viii), the prefectural governor may revoke the license or order the discontinuation of the cultivation of Cannabis plants for a specified period.

②When the prefectural governor has revoked a license under the preceding paragraph, the governor is to delete the registration from the type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator register.

③When a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator has violated a provision of this Act or a condition attached to the permission of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in this Act, or has committed a crime or an unlawful act in connection with the cultivator's business, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may revoke the permission under Article 12-4, paragraph (1) or order the discontinuation of the processing of Cannabis plants under that paragraph for a specified period.

①When a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator intends to have the license revoked, the cultivator must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notify the prefectural governor, enclosing the license certificate, of the current planted area of Cannabis plants, the name and quantity of the Cannabis, seeds not treated against germination and narcotics presently owned, and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②The prefectural governor who has received a notification under the preceding paragraph is to revoke the license to which the notification relates.

③When a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator has died or been dissolved, the heir, the person who administers the estate in place of the heir, the liquidator, the trustee in bankruptcy, or the representative of the juridical person that survives a merger or is established by a merger must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, within 30 days, notify the prefectural governor of that fact, the current planted area of Cannabis plants, the name and quantity of the Cannabis, seeds not treated against germination and narcotics presently under their management, and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, enclosing the license certificate of that type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator.

④When the prefectural governor has revoked a license under paragraph (2), or a notification under the preceding paragraph has been made, the governor is to delete the registration from the type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator register.

①With respect to a person for whom the validity period of a license has expired (excluding a person who continues to hold a license), a person whose license has been revoked pursuant to Article 12-6, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, and a person who is required to give notification pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "person whose license has expired, etc."), only in the case where the person whose license has expired, etc. transfers Cannabis that the person owns or manages to a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator, a Cannabis plant research cultivator, or the founder of a narcotics research facility (meaning a narcotics research facility prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xxiii) of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act) within 50 days from the date on which any of these grounds arose, Article 24, paragraph (1) and Article 26, paragraph (3) of that Act do not apply to that transfer and receipt, and Article 28, paragraph (1) of that Act does not apply to the possession of that Cannabis and narcotics by the person whose license has expired, etc. during that period.

②A person whose license has expired, etc. must, within 50 days from the date on which a ground prescribed in the preceding paragraph arose, transfer to a Cannabis plant cultivator, or dispose of, seeds not treated against germination that the person owns or manages.

③When a person whose license has expired, etc. has transferred the Cannabis referred to in paragraph (1) pursuant to that paragraph, or has transferred the seeds not treated against germination referred to in the preceding paragraph pursuant to that paragraph, the person must, within 15 days, notify the prefectural governor of the name and quantity of that Cannabis or those seeds not treated against germination, the date of the transfer, and the name or title and address of the transferee.

①A person who intends to become a type 2 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator or a Cannabis plant research cultivator must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, obtain a license from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter in this Chapter simply referred to as a "license").

②The provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2), Article 6 and Article 7 apply mutatis mutandis to licenses for type 2 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivators or Cannabis plant research cultivators. In this case, the phrase "type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator register" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "type 2 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator register or Cannabis plant research cultivator register"; the phrase "prefectural governor" with "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare"; the phrase "any of the following items" in Article 5, paragraph (2) with "any of the following items (excluding item (vii) in the case of a license for a Cannabis plant research cultivator)"; the phrase "Article 12-6, paragraph (1)" in item (i) of that paragraph with "Article 12-6, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2)"; the phrase "the prefectures" in Article 6, paragraph (1) with "the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare"; and the phrase "Article 12-6, paragraph (1)" in Article 7, paragraph (5) with "Article 12-6, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2)".

③When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has granted a license pursuant to paragraph (1), the Minister is to notify the prefectural governor to that effect without delay.

④A person who applies for a license, or who applies for reissuance of a license certificate pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2), must pay the national government a fee in the amount specified by Cabinet Order, taking actual costs into account.

The validity period of a license is from the date of that license to December 31 of that year.

①A type 2 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator or a Cannabis plant research cultivator (including a person for whom the validity period of a license has expired) must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, report the following particulars to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for the validity period of the license, by January 31 of the following year:

②Upon receiving a report under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to notify the prefectural governor of the particulars set out in the items of that paragraph without delay.

①A type 2 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator must store narcotics owned by the cultivator in a locked, sturdy facility within the office where the cultivator handles those narcotics in the course of business, and, at the same time, must store Cannabis owned by the cultivator (excluding that which is actually growing in the cultivation area; the same applies in the following paragraph) in a locked facility within the office where the cultivator handles that Cannabis in the course of business.

②A Cannabis plant research cultivator must store Cannabis owned by the cultivator in a locked facility within the office where the cultivator handles that Cannabis in the course of business.

①The provisions of Articles 10 through 12, Article 12-2, paragraph (1), Article 12-4 (excluding paragraph (4)), and Articles 12-6 through 12-8 apply mutatis mutandis to type 2 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivators. In this case, the phrase "prefectural governor" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare"; in Article 12-6, paragraph (1), the phrase "Article 5, paragraph (2), items (ii) through (viii)" with "Article 5, paragraph (2), items (ii) through (viii) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (2)", and the phrase "the license prescribed in this Act" with "the license (meaning the license prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter) prescribed in this Act"; in paragraph (2) of that Article and Article 12-7, paragraph (4), the phrase "the type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator register" with "the type 2 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator register"; in Article 12-8, paragraph (1), the phrase "or manages to a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator, a Cannabis plant research cultivator, or" with "or manages to a type 2 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator, a Cannabis plant research cultivator, a narcotics manufacturer (meaning a narcotics manufacturer prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xii) of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act; the same applies hereinafter), or", the phrase "the founder of a narcotics research facility (meaning a narcotics research facility prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xxiii) of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act)" with "the founder of a narcotics research facility (meaning a narcotics research facility prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xxiii) of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act; the same applies hereinafter), or transfers narcotics that the person owns or manages to a narcotics manufacturer or the founder of a narcotics research facility", and the phrase "that Cannabis and narcotics" with "that Cannabis and those narcotics"; and in paragraph (3) of that Article, the phrase "the Cannabis referred to in paragraph (1)" with "the Cannabis or narcotics referred to in paragraph (1)", and the phrase "that Cannabis" with "that Cannabis or those narcotics".

②The provisions of Articles 10 through 12, Article 12-2, paragraph (1), Article 12-6, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 12-7, and Article 12-8 apply mutatis mutandis to Cannabis plant research cultivators. In this case, the phrase "prefectural governor" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare"; in Article 10, paragraph (1), item (iii), the phrase "Cannabis, seeds not treated against germination and narcotics (limited to narcotics manufactured in the course of the processing prescribed in Article 12-4, paragraph (1) that are listed in Appended Table I, items 42 and 43 of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act; the same applies hereinafter)" with "Cannabis and seeds not treated against germination"; in Article 12-2, paragraph (1) and Article 12-7, paragraphs (1) and (3), the phrase "Cannabis, seeds not treated against germination and narcotics" with "Cannabis and seeds not treated against germination"; in Article 12-6, paragraph (1), the phrase "Article 5, paragraph (2), items (ii) through (viii)" with "Article 5, paragraph (2), items (ii) through (vi) and item (viii) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (2)", and the phrase "the license prescribed in this Act" with "the license (meaning the license prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter) prescribed in this Act"; in paragraph (2) of that Article and Article 12-7, paragraph (4), the phrase "the type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator register" with "the Cannabis plant research cultivator register"; in paragraph (3) of that Article, the phrase "has died or been dissolved" with "has died", the phrase "the heir, the person who" with "the heir or the person who", and the phrase "in place of the heir, the liquidator, the trustee in bankruptcy, or the representative of the juridical person that survives a merger or is established by a merger" with "in place of the heir"; and in Article 12-8, paragraph (1), the phrase "a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator, a Cannabis plant research cultivator" with "a Cannabis plant cultivator, a narcotics manufacturer (meaning a narcotics manufacturer prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xii) of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act)", and the phrase "that Cannabis and narcotics" with "that Cannabis".

③The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to notify the prefectural governor to that effect without delay in a case that falls under any of the following items:

When transferring seeds of the Cannabis plant, a Cannabis plant cultivator must treat those seeds so that they do not germinate, by the method prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; provided, however, that this does not apply when transferring those seeds to another Cannabis plant cultivator or in other cases prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①Seeds not treated against germination must not be imported; provided, however, that this does not apply if the case falls under any of the following items and the permission of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has been obtained as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:

②A person who has obtained the permission referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph (limited to that pertaining to item (ii) of that paragraph; the same applies in the following paragraph) must, within three months from the day on which the person imported the seeds not treated against germination, treat them by the method prescribed in that item.

③The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may refuse to give the permission if three years have not passed since the day on which a person seeking the permission under the proviso to paragraph (1) was sentenced to a punishment for violating the provisions of the preceding paragraph and finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution.

Seeds of the Cannabis plant that have been treated by the method prescribed in Article 18 must not be imported by any person other than a person who has received from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a certificate to the effect that the seeds of the Cannabis plant have undergone that treatment.

The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may make the necessary disposition of seeds of the Cannabis plant that have become a part of the national treasury pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations.

①The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, import or receive seeds of the Cannabis plant for the purpose of crime lab investigation related to the Cannabis plant.

②The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to deliver the seeds of the Cannabis plant imported or received pursuant to the provisions in the preceding paragraph to the organizations of the national government or of a prefecture responsible for the crime lab investigation related to the Cannabis plant.

③An official who works for an organization of the preceding paragraph may use or cultivate the seeds of the Cannabis plant that the organization has received from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, for crime lab investigations related to the Cannabis plant.

④The head of an organization who receives the seeds of the Cannabis plant delivered by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions in paragraph (2) must keep an accounting book and state the name and quantity of seeds of the Cannabis plant used in crime lab investigation related to the Cannabis plant, the respective date and other information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in it.

In the case where the same person holds licenses as a Cannabis plant cultivator in two or more capacities, the person is deemed to be a separate person for each capacity, for the purpose of applying the provisions of this Act concerning the transfer and receipt of seeds not treated against germination.

A prefecture must pay the costs required for licenses and other regulation of Cannabis plant cultivation implemented by the prefectural governor based on this Act.

①A condition may be added to a license or authorization under this Act and it may be changed.

②The conditions in the preceding paragraph must be limited to the minimum necessary to prevent the occurrence of hygiene and health hazards due to the abuse of Cannabis and undue obligations must not be imposed upon a person who receives a license or authorization.

①The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor, if finding it particularly necessary for the enforcement of this Act, may request for the necessary reports from Cannabis plant cultivators and other parties concerned, or have national narcotics agents, prefectural narcotics agents or other officials enter the cultivation areas, warehouses, laboratories and other places related to Cannabis, seeds of the Cannabis plant or narcotics, inspect the situation of the operation or the accounting books, documents and other objects, or take samples of Cannabis, seeds of the Cannabis plant or narcotics without compensation to the smallest quantity necessary for testing.

②When the national narcotics agents or prefectural narcotics agents and other officials enter for inspection or take samples pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they must carry their identification and show it at the request of the parties concerned.

③The authority provided for in paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.

The functions that are to be processed by prefectures pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 (limited to the portion pertaining to items (iii) through (v)), Articles 11 through 12-2, Article 12-8, paragraph (3), and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are No. 1 statutory entrusted function as provided for in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).

①The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of this Act, pursuant to Ordinances of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may be delegated to the chief of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare.

②The authority delegated to the chief of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare pursuant to the preceding paragraph may be delegated, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinances of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the chief of the Regional Branch Bureau of Health and Welfare or to the chief of regional narcotics control office.

Matters necessary to enforce this Act other than those provided for this Act are provided for by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①A person who cultivates a Cannabis plant without due cause is punished by imprisonment for not less than one year and not more than 10 years.

②When a person commits the crime in the preceding paragraph for profit, the person who committed that crime is punished by imprisonment for a definite term of not less than one year or, in light of the circumstances, by imprisonment for a definite term of not less than one year and a fine of not more than 5,000,000 yen.

③An attempt to commit the crime in the preceding two paragraphs is also punished.

①A person who violates the provisions of Article 12-3, paragraph (1) is punished by imprisonment for not more than seven years.

②When a person commits the violation in the preceding paragraph for profit, the person who committed that violation is punished by imprisonment for not less than one year and not more than 10 years or, in light of the circumstances, by imprisonment for not less than one year and not more than 10 years and a fine of not more than 3,000,000 yen.

③An attempt to commit the crime in the preceding two paragraphs is also punished.

A person who has made preparations with the purpose of committing a crime in Article 24, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years.

A person who has knowingly provided or transported the funds, lands, buildings, vessels, aircraft, vehicles, facilities, machinery, instruments or raw materials (this includes the seeds of the Cannabis plant) necessary for the acts falling under the crimes in Article 24, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years.

The crimes in Article 24 and the preceding two Articles are governed by the provisions of Article 2 of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907).

In any of the following cases, the person who committed the violation is punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen, or both:

①Cannabis plants pertaining to the crimes in Articles 24 through 24-3 or item (ii) or item (iii) of the preceding Article, Cannabis pertaining to the crime in item (i) of that Article, or seeds of the Cannabis plant pertaining to the crimes in item (iv) or item (v) of that Article, which are owned or possessed by the offender, are to be confiscated; provided, however, that if they belong to a person other than the offender, they need not be confiscated.

②With regard to the commission of the crimes under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (excluding the crimes in Article 24-2 and the preceding Article), vessels, aircraft or vehicles used in the transport of Cannabis plants may be confiscated.

In any of the following cases, the person who committed the violation is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 200,000 yen, or both:

In any of the following cases, the person who committed the violation is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 200,000 yen, or both:

In any of the following cases, the person who committed the violation is punished by a fine of not more than 200,000 yen:

When the representative of a corporation or the agent and other employees of a corporation or an individual have committed a crime in Article 24, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (2) of that Article), or have committed a violation in Article 24-2, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (2) of that Article), Article 24-6, or the preceding three Articles, with regard to the business of said corporation or individual, not only is the offender punished but also said corporation or individual is punished by the fine prescribed in the respective Articles.

A person who violates the provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (3) through (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (2)) is subject to a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen.