# 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 / Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation — 第二十二条の四 (Article 22-4)

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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: 第二十二条の四 (Article 22-4) — address `art-22-4`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第二十二条の四
<sup>art-22-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-4</sup>

**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。
<sup>art-22-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-22-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-22-4/par-1</sup>
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).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- 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/ja/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/ja/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/ja/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/ja/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/ja/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/ja/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/ja/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/ja/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/ja/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

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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-20261101T163143-004, 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