# 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 / Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation — 第二十四条 (Article 24)

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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: 第二十四条 (Article 24) — address `art-24`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24
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### 第二十四条
<sup>art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24</sup>

**第一項**  大麻草をみだりに栽培した者は、一年以上十年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
<sup>art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24/par-1</sup>
A person who cultivates a Cannabis plant without due cause is punished by imprisonment for not less than one year and not more than 10 years.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  営利の目的で前項の罪を犯したときは、当該罪を犯した者は、一年以上の有期拘禁刑に処し、又は情状により一年以上の有期拘禁刑及び五百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24/par-2</sup>
When a person commits the crime in the preceding paragraph for profit, the person who committed that crime is punished by imprisonment for a definite term of not less than one year or, in light of the circumstances, by imprisonment for a definite term of not less than one year and a fine of not more than 5,000,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前二項の未遂罪は、罰する。
<sup>art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24/par-3</sup>
An attempt to commit the crime in the preceding two paragraphs is also punished.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-24/par-2: 前項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-3: 前二項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-3: 前二項 → 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十四条第二項 (Article 24, paragraph (2)), art-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24/par-2

## Cited by

7 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 第二十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24/par-2
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24/par-3
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十四条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24-3/par-1
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十四条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24-4/par-1
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十四条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24-5/par-1
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十四条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-24-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-24-7/par-1
- 大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律 第二十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/cannabis-cultivation-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000124/art-27/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
- 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
- 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
