# 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 (Article 12)

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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: 第十二条 (Article 12) — address `art-12`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第十二条
<sup>art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  第一種大麻草採取栽培者は、その栽培地において、その所有する大麻を廃棄しようとするときは、廃棄する大麻の品名及び数量について都道府県知事に届け出て、厚生労働省令で定める方法により当該大麻を廃棄しなければならない。
<sup>art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12/par-1</sup>
When a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator intends to dispose of Cannabis owned by the cultivator in the cultivation area, the cultivator must notify the prefectural governor of the name and quantity of the Cannabis to be disposed of, and dispose of that Cannabis by the method 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、その栽培地外において、その所有する大麻を廃棄しようとするときは、廃棄する大麻の品名及び数量並びに廃棄の方法について都道府県知事に届け出て、当該職員の立会いの下に当該大麻を廃棄しなければならない。
<sup>art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-12/par-2</sup>
When a type 1 Cannabis plant harvesting cultivator intends to dispose of Cannabis owned by the cultivator outside the cultivation area, the cultivator must notify the prefectural governor of the name and quantity of the Cannabis to be disposed of and the method of disposal, and dispose of that Cannabis in the presence of the relevant official.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## 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 第十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-11/par-1
- 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/ja/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/ja/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 第二十二条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-4/par-1
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十五条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-25/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-25/par-1/item-4

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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, 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 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
