Database of Legislation

Drug offences
  • Offences

    • • Cultivation/ production/ manufacture
      • Extraction/ preparation
      • Importation/ exportation

UNTOC Articles

  • Organized Crime Convention

  • Article 11: Prosecution, adjudication and sanctions
  • Article 12: Confiscation and seizure
  • Trafficking in Persons Protocol

  • Smuggling of Migrants Protocol

  • Firearms Protocol

     

    Original Text

    Article 6:

    Any hemp grown for textiles without permission shall be destroyed by the cultivator or at his expense by the authority discovering the offence. The offender shall in addition be sentenced to a fine computed at the rate of one thousand francs (1,000 francs) per 100 plants, any fraction of 100 1 counted as 100 plants, up to a total not exceeding 50,000 francs, but in u.. case less than 5,000 francs. If the illicit hemp was grown on enclosed ground, the fine shall be doubled. The number of plants shall be obtained by measuring the area under illicit cultivation by ordinary surveying methods, and reckoning ten plants to each square metre.

    Article 7:

    The possession of hemp grown without authorization shall be subject to a fine of
    500 francs per kilogram or fraction of a kilogram for hemp on the stalk and of 2,000 francs for hemp flowers which may be used in the preparation of Takruri, Kif or other products containing the active constituents thereof, the total fine in no case to be less than 5,000 francs nor more than 70,000 francs. The products seized shall be destroyed at the expense of the offender.

    Article 8:

    The internal carriage of hemp, whether in the form of plants, stalks or flowers, without a permit from the Director of Finance, shall render the offender liable to the same fine as that for illegal possession, and in addition, to the seizure and confiscation of the means of transport. The same fine shall be imposed upon the person convicted of supplying the hemp.

     
     

    Cross-Cutting Issues

    • Investigation Procedure

      • Confiscation and Seizure of

        • • Proceeds of crime derived from offences covered by the Convention
          • Property, equipment or other instrumentalities