# 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 / Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation — 第五章 (Chapter 5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/ch-5. 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: 第五章 (Chapter 5) — address `ch-5` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/ch-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/ch-5 - 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. --- ## 第五章　雑則 — Chapter V Miscellaneous Rules heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/ch-5 ### 第二十二条 art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22 **第一項** 都道府県は、この法律に基づき都道府県知事が行う免許その他大麻草の栽培の規制に必要な費用を支弁しなければならない。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22/par-1 A prefecture must pay the costs required for licenses and other regulation of Cannabis plant cultivation implemented by the prefectural governor based on this Act. machine translation, not official ### 第二十二条の二 art-22-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-2 **第一項** この法律に規定する免許又は許可には、条件を付し、及びこれを変更することができる。 art-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-2/par-1 A condition may be added to a license or authorization under this Act and it may be changed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の条件は、大麻の濫用による保健衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため必要な最小限度のものに限り、かつ、免許又は許可を受ける者に対し不当な義務を課することとならないものでなければならない。 art-22-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-2/par-2 The conditions in the preceding paragraph must be limited to the minimum necessary to prevent the occurrence of hygiene and health hazards due to the abuse of Cannabis and undue obligations must not be imposed upon a person who receives a license or authorization. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二十二条の三 art-22-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、この法律の施行のため特に必要があると認めるときは、大麻草栽培者その他の関係者から必要な報告を求め、又は麻薬取締官若しくは麻薬取締員その他の職員に、栽培地、倉庫、研究室その他大麻、大麻草の種子若しくは麻薬に関係ある場所に立ち入り、業務の状況若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させ、若しくは試験のため必要な最小分量に限り大麻、大麻草の種子若しくは麻薬を無償で収去させることができる。 art-22-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor, if finding it particularly necessary for the enforcement of this Act, may request for the necessary reports from Cannabis plant cultivators and other parties concerned, or have national narcotics agents, prefectural narcotics agents or other officials enter the cultivation areas, warehouses, laboratories and other places related to Cannabis, seeds of the Cannabis plant or narcotics, inspect the situation of the operation or the accounting books, documents and other objects, or take samples of Cannabis, seeds of the Cannabis plant or narcotics without compensation to the smallest quantity necessary for testing. machine translation, not official **第二項** 麻薬取締官又は麻薬取締員その他の職員が前項の規定により立入検査又は収去をする場合には、その身分を証明する証票を携帯し、関係人の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-22-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-2 When the national narcotics agents or prefectural narcotics agents and other officials enter for inspection or take samples pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they must carry their identification and show it at the request of the parties concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項に規定する権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。 art-22-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-3 The authority provided for in paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二十二条の四 art-22-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-4 **第一項** 第九条（第三号から第五号までに係る部分に限る。）、第十一条から第十二条の二まで、第十二条の八第三項及び前条第一項の規定により都道府県が処理することとされている事務は、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二条第九項第一号に規定する第一号法定受託事務とする。 art-22-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-4/par-1 The functions that are to be processed by prefectures pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 (limited to the portion pertaining to items (iii) through (v)), Articles 11 through 12-2, Article 12-8, paragraph (3), and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are No. 1 statutory entrusted function as provided for in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947). machine translation, not official ### 第二十二条の五 art-22-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-5 **第一項** この法律に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、地方厚生局長に委任することができる。 art-22-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-5/par-1 The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of this Act, pursuant to Ordinances of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may be delegated to the chief of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により地方厚生局長に委任された権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、地方厚生支局長又は地方麻薬取締支所の長に委任することができる。 art-22-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-5/par-2 The authority delegated to the chief of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare pursuant to the preceding paragraph may be delegated, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinances of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the chief of the Regional Branch Bureau of Health and Welfare or to the chief of regional narcotics control office. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The authority delegated to the chief of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare pursuant to the preceding paragraph may be delegated, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinances of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the chief of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare or to the chief of regional narcotics control office." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2594/tb ### 第二十三条 art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-23 **第一項** この法律に定めるものを除き、この法律を施行するため必要な事項は、厚生労働省令でこれを定める。 art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-23/par-1 Matters necessary to enforce this Act other than those provided for this Act are provided for by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22-2/par-2: 前項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十二条の二第一項 (Article 22-2, paragraph (1)), art-22-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-2/par-1 - art-22-3/par-2: 前項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十二条の三第一項 (Article 22-3, paragraph (1)), art-22-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-1 - art-22-3/par-3: 第一項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十二条の三第一項 (Article 22-3, paragraph (1)), art-22-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-1 - art-22-4/par-1: 第九条 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-9 - art-22-4/par-1: 第三号から第五号まで → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第九条第一項第三号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-9/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-9/par-1/item-3 - art-22-4/par-1: 第三号から第五号まで → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第九条第一項第四号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-9/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-9/par-1/item-4 - art-22-4/par-1: 第三号から第五号まで → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第九条第一項第五号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-9/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-9/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-9/par-1/item-5 - art-22-4/par-1: 第十一条から第十二条の二まで → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-11 - art-22-4/par-1: 第十一条から第十二条の二まで → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12 - art-22-4/par-1: 第十一条から第十二条の二まで → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の二 (Article 12-2), art-12-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-2 - art-22-4/par-1: 第十二条の八第三項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十二条の八第三項 (Article 12-8, paragraph (3)), art-12-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12-8/par-3 - art-22-4/par-1: 前条第一項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十二条の三第一項 (Article 22-3, paragraph (1)), art-22-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-1 - art-22-4/par-1: 地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二条第九項第一号 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二条第九項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i)), art-2/par-9/item-1 — not held in this collection - art-22-5/par-2: 前項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十二条の五第一項 (Article 22-5, paragraph (1)), art-22-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-5/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5 — English titles of cited laws, written for this site, written 2026-09-19 - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-02 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation (大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律), Article 22-5, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2594/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2594/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch cannabis-cultivation-act-20261101T163143-004, 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-20261101T163143-004, 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