The Supreme Court's Second Petty Bench interpreted the Cannabis Control Law's term Cannabis sativa L. as encompassing plants throughout the Cannabis genus. It dismissed an appeal claiming that the plant definition was too unclear to satisfy constitutional due-process requirements. This clarified the existing statutory definition rather than enacting a new prohibition.[1][2]
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References
- Supreme Court of Japan — decision of 17 September 1982, original text reproduced by ITJ law firmReasons and disposition, Second Petty Bench; Shōwa 56 (a) 1988archived
- 有斐閣 — 最高裁・大審院判例集, decision cataloguePublic metadata only, Criminal Reports vol. 36 no. 8 p. 764; full publisher PDF was not accessedarchived
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