# 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 / Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation — 第二十二条の三 (Article 22-3)

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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: 第二十二条の三 (Article 22-3) — address `art-22-3`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3
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### 第二十二条の三
<sup>art-22-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3</sup>

**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。
<sup>art-22-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-1</sup>
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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**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。
<sup>art-22-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-2</sup>
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.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**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。
<sup>art-22-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-3</sup>
The authority provided for in paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- 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/ja/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/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-1

## 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 第二十二条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-2
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十二条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-3/par-3
- 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 第二十六条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-26/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-26/par-1/item-3

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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
- 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
- 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
