# 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 / Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

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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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（大麻草採取栽培者等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5051-84/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第四条（大麻草採取栽培者等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures for Cannabis Plant Harvesting Cultivators, etc.
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<sup>suppl-5051-84/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/suppl-5051-84/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/suppl-5051-84/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日（以下「第二号施行日」という。）の前日において免許を受けている第一条改正後大麻法第二条第四項に規定する大麻草採取栽培者及び同条第五項に規定する大麻草研究栽培者については、第二条の規定による改正後の大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律（次条第二項及び附則第七条において「第二条改正後大麻法」という。）及び第四条の規定による改正後の麻薬及び向精神薬取締法の規定にかかわらず、その免許の有効期間内は、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5051-84/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/suppl-5051-84/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/suppl-5051-84/art-4/par-1</sup>
With regard to a Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation as Amended by Article 1 and a Cannabis plant research cultivator prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (5) of that Act, who hold a license on the day preceding the day of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as the "item (ii) Effective Date"), notwithstanding the provisions of the Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (referred to as the "Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation as Amended by Article 2" in paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions) and the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4, the provisions then in force continue to govern during the validity period of that license.
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## Cites
- suppl-5051-84/art-4/par-1: 附則第一条第二号 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-5051-84/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/suppl-5051-84/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/suppl-5051-84/art-1/par-1/item-2
- suppl-5051-84/art-4/par-1: 第一条改正後大麻法第二条第四項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二条第四項 (Article 2, paragraph (4)), art-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-2/par-4
- suppl-5051-84/art-4/par-1: 同条第五項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二条第五項 (Article 2, paragraph (5)), art-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-2/par-5
- suppl-5051-84/art-4/par-1: 次条第二項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 附則第五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (2)), suppl-5051-84/art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/suppl-5051-84/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/suppl-5051-84/art-5/par-2
- suppl-5051-84/art-4/par-1: 附則第七条 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-5051-84/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/suppl-5051-84/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/suppl-5051-84/art-7

## 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 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/suppl-5051-84/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/suppl-5051-84/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 附則第八条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/suppl-5051-84/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/suppl-5051-84/art-8/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-20261101T163143-007, 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-20261101T163143-007, 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
