72Cultivation of narcotic plants—large commercial quantity

72 Cultivation of narcotic plants—large commercial quantity A person who, without being authorized by or licensed under this Act or the regulations to do so, cultivates or attempts to cultivate a narcotic plant in a quantity of a drug of dependence, being a narcotic plant, that is not less than the large commercial quantity applicable to that narcotic plant is guilty of an indictable offence and liable— Note to s. 72 inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 51, substituted as Notes by No. 65/2016 s. 21(3). 1 An offence against this section is a category 1 offence under the **Sentencing Act 1991**. See section 5(2G) of that Act for the requirement to impose a custodial order for this offence. 2 An offence against this section is a serious drug offence for the purposes of the **Confiscation Act 1997**. On the conviction of a person for a serious drug offence, the court must make an order under section 89DI of the **Sentencing Act 1991** declaring the person to be a serious drug offender. S. 72A inserted by No. 61/2001 s. 6, amended by Nos 20/2016 s. 130, 34/2019 s. 32.