# 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 / Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation — 第七条 (Article 7)

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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
- 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: 第七条 (Article 7) — address `art-7`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-7
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### 第七条
<sup>art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県知事は、免許を与えるときは、第一種大麻草採取栽培者名簿に登録し、免許証を交付するものとする。
<sup>art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-7/par-1</sup>
When 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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  免許証は、これを譲り渡し、又は貸与してはならない。
<sup>art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-7/par-2</sup>
A license certificate must not be transferred or be lent to others.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一種大麻草採取栽培者は、免許証を毀損し、又は亡失したときは、十五日以内に、その事由を記載し、かつ、毀損した場合には当該免許証を添えて、都道府県知事に免許証の再交付を申請しなければならない。
<sup>art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-7/par-3</sup>
If 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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  第一種大麻草採取栽培者は、前項の規定により免許証の再交付を受けた後、亡失した免許証を発見したときは、十五日以内に、当該免許証を都道府県知事に返納しなければならない。
<sup>art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-7/par-4</sup>
If 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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  免許を受けた者は、当該免許の有効期間が満了したとき、又は第十二条の六第一項の規定により当該免許が取り消されたときは、十五日以内に、免許証を都道府県知事に返納しなければならない。
<sup>art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-7/par-5</sup>
A 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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-7/par-4: 前項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-7/par-3
- art-7/par-5: 第十二条の六第一項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の六第一項 (Article 12-6, paragraph (1)), art-12-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-6/par-1

## Cited by

5 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 第七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-7/par-4
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-13/par-2
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十三条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-13/par-4
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十五条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-25/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-25/par-1/item-1
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-28/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-20261101T163143-001, 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
