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.