# 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 / Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation — 第十二条の三 (Article 12-3)

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- Law: 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 (Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation), 昭和二十三年法律第百二十四号
- English title "Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation": claude-opus-5
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- Provision: 第十二条の三 (Article 12-3) — address `art-12-3`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第十二条の三
<sup>art-12-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-3</sup>

**第一項**  第一種大麻草採取栽培者は、麻薬及び向精神薬取締法別表第一第四十二号に掲げる物の含有量が政令で定める基準を超えない大麻草の種子その他厚生労働省令で定める物を使用して大麻草を栽培しなければならない。
<sup>art-12-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-3/par-1</sup>
A 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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第一種大麻草採取栽培者は、前項の含有量が同項の基準を超える大麻草を栽培するに至つたときは、速やかに当該大麻草の栽培を中止しなければならない。
<sup>art-12-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-3/par-2</sup>
When 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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-12-3/par-2: 前項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の三第一項 (Article 12-3, paragraph (1)), art-12-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-3/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-3/par-2
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十四条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24-2/par-1

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5 — English titles of cited laws, written for this site, written 2026-09-19
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000124/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-01
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch cannabis-cultivation-act-20261101T163143-002, translated 2026-11-02
- This site's parser, version 222 — 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01
