The Tobacco Monopoly Law (Law No.111 of 1949) shall be partially amended as follows:
In the Contents, "Articles 4-26" shall be amended as "Articles 4-26-(5)" .
In Article 8 paragraph 2, "the preceding paragraph" shall be amended as "paragraph 1 or the preceding paragraph" ;the same paragraph shall be made paragraph 3 of the same Article;paragraph 3 of the same Article shall be made paragraph 4 of the same Article;and the following paragraph shall be added to the same Article as paragraph 2:
2 Any person who intends to cultivate tobacco for the purpose of using it as material for agricultural drugs, shall make clear in his application under the provision of the preceding paragraph, the purpose of cultivation and the person who uses the leaf tobacco harvested as material for manufacturing agricultural drugs.
In Article 12 paragraph 3, "paragraphs 2 and 3" shall be amended as "paragraphs 3 and 4" .
In Article 23 paragraph 1, "storage or to the purchasing place decided by the Corporation" shall be amended as "storage, the purchesing place decided by the Corporation or to the place where the leaf tobacco is used as material for the manufacture of agricultural drugs" .
In Article 26 paragraph 2, "paragraphs 2 and 3" shall be amended as "paragraphs 3 and 4" .
In Chapter II, the following four Articles shall be added next to Article 26:
(Obligation for Notification of the Cultivator of Tobacco for Agricultural Drugs)
Article 26-(2). Any person who cultivates tobacco with the permission under Article 8 paragraph 1 for the purpose of supplying the leaf tobacco harvested for manufacturing agricultural drugs (hereinafter referred to as "cultivator of tobacco for agricultural drugs" ) shall notify to the Corporation in accordance with its instructions the quantity of leaf tobacco harvested or the quantity of leaf tobacco which has been transferred to a person who manufactures agricultural drugs from leaf tobacco (hereinafter referred to as manufacturer of agricultural drugs") the date of transfer and the transferee.
(Alteration of Use of Tobacco for Agricultural Drugs)
Article 26-(3). A cultivator of tobacco for agricultural drugs shall obtain in avandance an approval of the Corporation in case he intends to use the leaf tobacco harvested for uses other than the manufacture of agricultural drugs.
(Obligation for Notifying the Place of Manufacturing Agricultural Drugs by Manufacturer of Agricultural Drugs)
Article 26-(4). A manufacturer of agricultural drugs shall notify to the Corporation in accordance with its instructions the place where he manufactures agricultural drugs from the leaf tobacco and the place of storing leaf tobacco. The same shall apply to such a case where he intends to change those places.
2 A manufacturer of agricultural drugs, shall prepare a book in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation and enter therein the matters relative to the manufacture of agricultural drugs or disposal of the products, etc.
3 In case a manufacturer of agricultural drugs discontinues or abandons manufacturing agricultural drugs he shall abandon the existing leaf tobacco or make other dispositions in accordance with the instructions of the Corporation.
(Exception to Application of Provisions concerning Cultivators of Tobacco for Agricultural Drugs, etc.)
Article 26-(5). The provisions of Articles 5, 18 and 19 (including the case where the same provision applies mutatis mutandis in Article 26 paragraph 2) as well as Articles 20, 21 and 24 shall not apply to the cultivator of tobacco for agricultural drugs or tobacco cultivated by him or leaf tobacco harvested by him.
The following Article shall be added next to Article 41:
(Compensation for Calamity)
Article 41-(2). In cases where no small number of retailers have lost the manufactured tobacco in their possession by the damage from strong wind, flood or other natural calamities, and the extent of which covers whole or a part of one or more than two prefectures (To, Do Fu, Ken), the Corporation may deliver to the retailers the manufactured tobacco within the limits of one half of the quantity of the lost manufactured tobacco in corresponding brand in accordance with the standard, which was previously decided by the Corporation with the approval of the Minister of Finance.
2 In cases where the manufactured tobacco to be delivered in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph can not be delivered owing to the abandonment of manufacture of the corresponding brand or other inevitable reason, the Corporation may deliver the other brand of manufactured tobacco equivalent to the value of the manufactured tobacco in question.
The following one Article hall be added next to Article 65:
(Restriction on Manufacture of Packing, Etc.)
Article 65-(2). A person who intends to manufacture the packing for manufactured tobacco (including paper printed for the use for packing of manufactured tobacco;hereinafter the same shall apply to this Article, Article 69 paragraph 1 and Article 75 paragraph 1) or to possess, transfer or receive packing for manufactured tobacco for purposes of business shall obtain the permission of the Corporation; provided that, this shall not apply to a person who has been so entrusted by the Corporation.
In Article 69 paragraph 1, "packing for manufactured tobacco," shall be added next to "cigarette paper," ;and in item (2) in the same paragraph, "manufacturers of packing for manufactured tobacco, manufacturers of agricultural drugs," shall be added next to "manufacturers of cigarette paper," .
In Article 71 item (1), "Article 26-(3)," shall be added next to "paragraph 1 of Article 12 (including the case where the same provision applies mutatis mutandis in paragraph 2 of Article 26," and "Article 65-(2)," shall be added next to "paragraph 1 of Article 65," .
In Article 73 item (1), "paragraph 3 of Article 26-4)," shall be added next to "Article 16," .
In Article 74 item (3), "paragraph 1 of Article 36" shall be amended as "paragraph 2 of Article 26-(4), paragraph 1 of Article 36" ;and in item (4) of the same Article, "paragraph 2 of Article 36" shall be amended as "Article 26-(2), paragraph 1 of Article 26-(4), paragraph 2 of Article 36" .
In Article 75 paragraph 1, "packing of manufactured tobacco," shall be added next to "cigarette paper," .