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Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2021

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2021

No. 20 of 2021
Certified on: 13 JAN 2022

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION.

Repeal and replacement of Section 3.

"3. PRODUCTION, ETC., OF DANGEROUS DRUGS".

AN ACT

entitled

Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2021,

Being an Act to amend the Dangerous Drugs Act (Chapter 228), and for related purposes,

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation upon certification by the Speaker.

REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SECTION 3.

Section 3 of the Principal Act is repealed and replaced with the following:

"3. PRODUCTION, ETC., OF DANGEROUS DRUGS.
(1) A person who knowingly -

• (a) cultivates a plant from which a dangerous drug can be made; or
• (b) makes a dangerous drug; or
• (c) exports a dangerous drug; or
• (d) is in possession of, or conveys a dangerous drug or a plant or a part of a plant from which a dangerous drug can be made,

is guilty of an offence unless he is authorised to do so by or under this Act.
Penalty: A fine not exceeding K1,000,000.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 40 years, or both.
(2) An offence under Subsection (1) is punishable on summary conviction.".

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2021, which has been made by the National Parliament.

Acting Clerk of the National Parliament
13 JAN 2022

I hereby certify that the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2021, was made by the National Parliament on 25 November 2021.

Acting Speaker of the National Parliament
13 JAN 2022