# 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 / Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation — 第十二条の四 (Article 12-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十二条の四 (Article 12-4) — address `art-12-4` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十二条の四 art-12-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4 **第一項** 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。 art-12-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-1 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. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の許可を受けようとする者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、同項に規定する事項を記載した申請書を厚生労働大臣に提出しなければならない。 art-12-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-2 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. machine translation, not official **第三項** 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。 art-12-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-3 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. machine translation, not official **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定に基づき許可を与えたとき、又は前項の規定による報告を受けたときは、速やかに、その旨及びその内容を都道府県知事に通知するものとする。 art-12-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-4 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. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-12-4/par-1: この項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の四第一項 (Article 12-4, paragraph (1)), art-12-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-1 - art-12-4/par-1: 第三項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の四第三項 (Article 12-4, paragraph (3)), art-12-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-3 - art-12-4/par-2: 前項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の四第一項 (Article 12-4, paragraph (1)), art-12-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-1 - art-12-4/par-3: 第一項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の四第一項 (Article 12-4, paragraph (1)), art-12-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-1 - art-12-4/par-4: 第一項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の四第一項 (Article 12-4, paragraph (1)), art-12-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-1 - art-12-4/par-4: 前項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の四第三項 (Article 12-4, paragraph (3)), art-12-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-3 ## Cited by 11 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 第十条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-10/par-1/item-3 - 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-1 - 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-2 - 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の四第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-3 - 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の四第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-4/par-4 - 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の六第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-6/par-3 - 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-17/par-1 - 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-17/par-2 - 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十四条の六第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24-6/par-1/item-2 - 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十五条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-25/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-25/par-1/item-6 - 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十五条の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-25-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-25-2/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch cannabis-cultivation-act-20261101T163143-002, translated 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 219 — 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