| Article 1(Purpose) |
| Article 2(Definitions, etc.) |
| Article 3(Condition for Variety Registration) |
| Article 4 |
| Article 5(Application for Variety Registration) |
| Article 6(Application Fee) |
| Article 7(Transfer of the Title of Applicant) |
| Article 8(Variety Bred by an Employee as part of his/her Duties) |
| Article 9(First-to-file Rule) |
| Article 10(Rights of Foreign Nationals) |
| Article 11(Right of Priority) |
| Article 12(Amendment of Application for Variety Registration) |
| Article 13(Publication of Application) |
| Article 14(Effects etc. of Publication of Application) |
| Article 15(Examination of Applied Variety) |
| Article 16 (Order to Change Denomination) |
| Article 17 (Rejection of Application for Variety Registration) |
| Article 18 (Variety Registration) |
| Article 19 (Grant and Duration of the Breeder's Right) |
| Article 20 (Effects of the Breeder's Right) |
| Article 21 (Limitation of the effects of the Breeder's Right) |
| Article 22 (Obligation of Using a Denomination, etc.) |
| Article 23 (Co-owners of a Breeder's Right) |
| Article 24 (Extinction of a Breeder's Right due to the Dissolution of a Juridical person, etc.) |
| Article 25 (Exclusive Exploitation Right) |
| Article 26 (Non-exclusive Exploitation Right) |
| Article 27 (Non-exclusive Exploitation Right by virtue of Prior Breeding) |
| Article 28 (Award) |
| Article 29 (Transfer, etc. of a Non-exclusive Exploitation Right) |
| Article 30 (Pledge) |
| Article 31 (Surrender of the Breeder's Right, etc.) |
| Article 32 (Effects of Registration) |
| Article 33 (Injunction) |
| Article 34 (Presumption, etc. of Amount of Damages) |
| Article 35 (Presumption of Negligence) |
| Article 36 (Submission of Documents) |
| Article 37 (Measures for Recovery of Reputation) |
| Article 38 (Registration Fee) |
| Article 39 (Payment of the Registration Fee by Interested Persons) |
| Article 40 (Examination of a Registered Variety) |
| Article 41 (Change of Denomination of a Registered Variety) |
| Article 42 (Cancellation of the Variety Registration) |
| Article 43 (Jurisdiction for a Overseas Resident) |
| Article 44 (Special Provisions for filing of an Objection to a Variety Registration) |
| Article 45 (Registration, etc. in the Registry of Plant Varieties) |
| Article 46 (Request for Certification, etc.) |
| Article 47 (Fees) |
| Article 48 (Effects of Convention) |
| Article 49 (Notification by Seed and Seedling Dealers) |
| Article 50 (Labeling of Designated Seeds and Seedlings) |
| Article 51 (Order relating to Designated Seeds and Seedlings) |
| Article 52 (Standards relating to the Production, etc. of Designated Seeds and Seedlings) |
| Article 53 (Collection of Designated Seeds and Seedlings) |
| Article 53-2 (Collection of Designated Seeds and Seedlings made by the NCSS or the National Livestock Breeding Center) |
| Article 53-3 (Orders to the NCSS or the NLBC) |
| Article 54 (Collection of Reports, etc.) |
| Article 55 (Delegation of Authority to Prefectural Governors) |
| Article 56 |
| Article 57 |
| Article 58 |
| Article 59 |
| Article 60 |
| Article 61 |
| Article 62 |
| Supplementary Provisions (Extract) |
| Supplementary Provisions (Extract from Act No.59 of June 17, 2005) |
| Article 2 (Interim Measure for Processed Products) |
| Article 3 (Interim Measure for the Duration of a Breeder's Right) |