Seeds 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:
発芽不能未処理種子は、輸入してはならない。ただし、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合であつて、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣の許可を受けたときは、この限りでない。
a case where a Cannabis plant cultivator imports them;
大麻草栽培者が輸入する場合
a case where a person imports seeds not treated against germination and treats them by the method prescribed in the preceding Article.
A 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.
The 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.
cannabis plant cultivatormachine translation
「大麻草栽培者」
A person licensed to grow cannabis plants under this Act: a type 1 cannabis plant harvesting cultivator, a type 2 cannabis plant harvesting cultivator or a cannabis plant research cultivator.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (3)· applies throughout the law
seeds not treated against germinationmachine translation
「発芽不能未処理種子」
Seeds of the cannabis plant that have not been treated, by the method Article 18 requires and a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets, so that they cannot germinate.
Short name set inArticle 9, paragraph (1), item (iii)