71EPossession of document containing information about trafficking or cultivating a drug of dependence

71E Possession of document containing information about trafficking or cultivating a drug of dependence

S. 71E(1) amended by No. 34/2019 s. 29.

(1) A person who, without being authorised by or licensed under this Act or the regulations to do so or otherwise without a reasonable excuse, possesses a document containing instructions for the trafficking or cultivation of a drug of dependence is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to a penalty of not more than 600 penalty units or level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or both.

See the definition of document in section 38 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984. See the definition of traffick in this Part which includes manufacturing a drug of dependence and also
section 71(2).

(2) Section 104 does not apply to an offence against this section.

S. 71F inserted by No. 2/2016 s. 10, amended by No. 20/2016 s. 128.