# 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 / Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation — 第十九条 (Article 19)

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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: 第十九条 (Article 19) — address `art-19`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19
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### 第十九条
<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19</sup>

**第一項**  発芽不能未処理種子は、輸入してはならない。ただし、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合であつて、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣の許可を受けたときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-1</sup>
Seeds not treated against germination must not be imported; provided, however, that this does not apply if the case falls under any of the following items and the permission of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has been obtained as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  大麻草栽培者が輸入する場合
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a case where a Cannabis plant cultivator imports them;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  発芽不能未処理種子を輸入し、前条に規定する方法による処理をする場合
  <sup>art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a case where a person imports seeds not treated against germination and treats them by the method prescribed in the preceding Article.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項ただし書の許可（同項第二号に係るものに限る。次項において同じ。）を受けた者は、発芽不能未処理種子を輸入した日から三月以内に、同号に規定する方法による処理をしなければならない。
<sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-2</sup>
A person who has obtained the permission referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph (limited to that pertaining to item (ii) of that paragraph; the same applies in the following paragraph) must, within three months from the day on which the person imported the seeds not treated against germination, treat them by the method prescribed in that item.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、第一項ただし書の許可を受けようとする者が前項の規定に違反して刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から三年を経過していないときは、当該許可をしないことができる。
<sup>art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-3</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may refuse to give the permission if three years have not passed since the day on which a person seeking the permission under the proviso to paragraph (1) was sentenced to a punishment for violating the provisions of the preceding paragraph and finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-19/par-1/item-2: 前条 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-18
- art-19/par-2: 前項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-1
- art-19/par-2: 同項第二号 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十九条第一項第二号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-19/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-1/item-2
- art-19/par-2: 次項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-3
- art-19/par-3: 第一項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-1
- art-19/par-3: 前項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-2

## Cited by

4 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 第十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-2
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第十九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-19/par-3
- 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五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24-6/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24-6/par-1/item-5
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/suppl-5051-84/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/suppl-5051-84/art-7/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-20261101T163143-003, translated 2026-11-02
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch cannabis-cultivation-act-20261101T163143-004, 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