Article 1.　The purpose of this Law is to exercise necessary control over poisonous and powerful agents from the view-point of public health and sanitation.

Article 2.　In this Law, the term "poisonous agenst" shall mean the agents which are enumerated in Attached List No.1 and which are not drugs.

2　In this Law, the term "powerful agents" shall mean the agents which are enumerated in Attached List No.2 and which are not drugs.

Article 3.　Any person other than one who has been registered as a manufacturer of poisonous or powerful agents shall not manufacture poisonous or powerful agents for the purpose of sale or distribution.

2　Any person other than one who has been registered as an importer of poisonous or powerful agents shall not import poisonous or powerful agents for the purpose of sale or distribution.

3　Any person other than one who has been registered as a seller of poisonous or powerful agents shall not sell or distribute poisonous or powerful agents, or store, transport or exhibit for the purpose of sale or distribution;provided that this provision shall not apply to the case in which a manufacturer or importer of poisonous or powerful agents sells or distributes the poisonous or powerful agents manufactured or imported by him to other manufacturers, importers or sellers of poisonous or powerful agents, or stores, transports or exhibits these for the same purpose.

Article 4.　The manufacturer or importer of poisonous or powerful agents shall be registered by the Minister of Welfare with respect to each plant or business place, and the seller of poisonous or powerful agents shall be registered with respect to each shop by the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture where it is located.

2　Any person who wants to be registered as a manufacturer or importer of poisonous or powerful agents shall submit an application to the Minister of Welfare through the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture where his plant or his business place is located, with respect to each plant in the case of the manufacturer, and with respect to each business place in the case of the importer.

3　Any person who wants to be registered as a seller of poisonous or powerful agents shall submit an application with respect to each shop to the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture where his shop is located.

4　The registrations shall become invalid unless they are renewed every five years in the case of the manufacturer or importer, and every two years in the case of the seller.

Article 5.　The Minister of Welfare or the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture shall not make the registration provided for in the preceding Article if he considers that the equipment of a person who wants to be registered as a manufacturer, importer or seller of poisonous or powerful agents does not conform with the standards under the following items:

Article 6.　The registration mentioned in Article 4 shall be made on the matters under the following items:

Article 7.　Any person who has obtained the registration under Article 4 and is engaged in the business of manufacture, import or sale of poisonous or powerful agents (hereinafter to be referred to as a "poisonous or powerful agent dealer" ) shall employ a full-time custodian who shall manage the actual business of handling poisonous or powerful agents at each plant, business place or shop where poisonous or powerful agents are directly handled;provided that this shall not apply to the case in which the manufacturer, importer or seller personally manages the plant, business place or shop as the custodian.

2　If, in cases where a poisonous or powerful agent dealer wants to engage in two or more of the business of manufacture, import or sale of poisonous or powerful agents, the plant, business place or shop neighbors to each other, one custodian shall be sufficient for such facilities, regardless of the provision of the preceding paragraph.

3　In cases where a poisonous or powerful agent dealer has employed a custodian, he shall report the name of the custodian within thirty (30) days to the Minister of Welfare in the case of a registered manufacturer or importer, and to the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture in the case of a registered seller. The same shall apply in cases where he has changed the custodian.

Article 8.　A person who does not fall under any of the following items shall not be a custodian under the preceding Article:

2　A person falling under any of the following items shall not become a custodian:

Article 9.　The provisions of Article 4 paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis in cases where a poisonous or powerful agent dealer applies for alteration of registration regarding the matters enumerated under Article 6 item (2).

Article 10.　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall, in any of the cases under the following items, report the fact within thirty (30) days to the Minister of Welfare in the case of a registered manufacturer or importer, and to the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture in the case of a registered seller:

Article 11.　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall take necessary steps, for the purpose of preventing poisonous or powerful agents from being stolen or lost, leaking, flowing out or transuding, such as to use a solid container or wrapper, lock with the key, or enclose with a palisade, in cases where he stores, transports or exhibits poisonous or powerful agents.

2　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall not use the container used commonly for drinking and eating as the container for poisonous agents or those powerful agents which are stipulated by Ministry of Welfare Ordinance.

Article 12.　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall describe on the container and wrapper of poisonous or powerful agents the words "Not for Medication" , and in the case of a poisonous agent, the words "Poisonous Agent" in white on the red ground, and in the case of a powerful agent, the words "Powerful Agent" in red on the white ground.

2　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall not sell or distribute poisonous or powerful agents, unless the container and wrapper of the poisonous or powerful agents bear on their labels the particulars under the following items:

3　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall display the words "Not for Medication" , and in the case of a poisonous agent the words "Poisonous Agent" , and in the case of a powerful agent the words "Powerful Agent" at the place of storage or exhibition of poisonous or powerful agents.

Article 13.　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall not sell or distribute the following poisonous or powerful agents for agricultural use unless they have been colored by the method prescribed by Ministry of Welfare Ordinance:

Article 14.　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall, whenever he has sold or distributed a poisonous or powerful agent to another poisonous or powerful agent dealer, record on paper the following particulars:

2　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall not sell or distribute poisonous or powerful agents to any person other than the poisonous or powerful agent dealer, unless he obtains from the transferee a paper with the particulars under the items of the preceding paragraph entered and the transferee's seal affixed.

3　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall keep the papers under the preceding two paragraphs for five years from the day of the sale or distribution.

Article 15.　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall not deliver poisonous or powerful agents to the following persons:

Article 16.　In regard to tetraethyl lead, sodium monofluoroacetate and such other poisonous agents no less poisonous than the foregoing as may be designated by Cabinet Order, technical standards may be established by Cabinet Order concerning the method of their manufacture, storage, transportation, mixing with other materials and use.

2　When technical standards have been established by Cabinet Order according to the provision of the preceding paragraph, the poisonous agents under the same paragraph shall not be manufactured, stored, transported, mixed with other materials or used, except in accordance with such standards.

3　The poisonous agents designated by Cabinet Order under paragraph 1 shall not be manufactured, imported, mixed with other materials, sold or distributed until technical standards shall be established by Cabinet Order in accordance with the provision of the same paragraph.

Article 17.　The Minister of Welfare or the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture may, when he deems it necessary for public health and sanitation, collect necessary reports from the poisonous or powerful agent dealers, or cause the competent officials to enter their plants, business places, shops or other places where poisonous or powerful agents are handled in the course of business and inspect books and other articles, question the persons concerned, or take away poisonous or powerful agents or other materials suspected of being poisonous or powerful, only in such minimum quantity as is necessary for testing.

2　The competent officials under the preceding paragraph shall bear the certificate showing their status and show it on demand of the persons concerned.

3　The provision of paragraph 1 shall not be construed as having been authorized for detection of crime.

Article 18.　There shall be Poisonous or Powerful Agent Inspectors in the State and To, Do, Fu and prefectures to be charged with the functions of the competent officials provided for in paragraph 1 of the preceding Article.

Article 19.　The Minister of Welfare may, with respect to the persons registered as the manufacturer or the importer of poisonous or powerful agents, and the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture may, with respect to the persons registered as the seller, order them to make necessary improvement of their equipment to conform with the standards under the items of Article 5 by fixing a reasonable period, when their equipment is considered to have become inconformable with the standards under the items of the same Article.

2　If the person who has received the order under the preceding paragraph has not taken necessary steps within the designated period, the Minister of Welfare or the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture shall cancel his registration.

3　The Minister of Welfare may, with respect to the persons registered as the manufacturer or the importer of poisonous or powerful agents, and the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture may, with respect to the persons registered as the seller, cancel their registration or order suspension of the whole or a part of their business by fixing a period, when they have violated the provisions of this Law.

Article 20.　The Minister of Welfare or the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture shall, when he intends to take the action under paragraph 3 of the preceding Article, hold a public hearing in advance by requesting the presence of the poisonous or powerful agent dealer or his proxy.

2　In the case under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Welfare of the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture shall notify the reason for such action, and the date and place of public hearing to the poisonous or powerful agent dealer not less than seven days before such date, and make public anouncement of the date and place of public hearing.

3　In the case of public hearing, the poisonous or powerful agent dealer may make explanation on his behalf and submit evidence.

Article 21.　A poisonous or powerful agent dealer shall, when he has had his registration cancelled or closed his business, transfer to other poisonous or powerful agent dealers the poisonous or powerful agents he owns or the equipment of his business, or dispose of them by such methods as are not hazardous to public health and sanitation. In this case, the provision of Article 3 paragraph 3 shall not apply.

Article 22.　The provisions of Article 11 paragraph 1, Article 12 paragraphs 1 and 3, Article 17 and the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to those persons who are not the poisonous or powerful agent dealers and who handle in the course of business the poisonous or powerful agents stipulated by Ministry of Welfare Ordinance.

Article 23.　The persons listed under the following items shall pay a fee in the amount fixed under the respective items:

2　One half of the amount of the fees under items (1), (3) and (6) of the preceding paragraph shall accrue to the national treasury, and the balance thereof and the fees under items (2), (4), (5) and (7) of the same paragraph shall accrue to To, Do, Fu or prefecture.

Article 24.　A person falling under any of the following items shall be subject to penal servitude not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding \50,000 or both:

Article 25.　A person falling under any of the following items shall be subject to a fine not exceeding \5,000:

Article 26.　If a representative of a juridical person, or an agent, employee or other worker of a juridical person or an individual has perpetrated a violation under the preceding two Articles in connection with the business of the juridical person or the individual, not only the perpetrator shall be punished, but also the juridical person or the individual shall be subject to a fine under the respective Articles;provided that this shall not apply to the juridical person or the individual who has been proved to have exerted reasonable care and supervision over the business in order to prevent the violation by the agent, employee or other worker of the juridical person or the individual.