Misuse of Drugs Act · 2013 Revised Edition · Part III · Evidence, Enforcement and Punishment
Section 15
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who is proved or presumed to have had in his possession more than —
100 grammes of opium;
3 grammes of morphine;
2 grammes of diamorphine;
15 grammes of cannabis;
cannabis
“cannabis” means any part of the genus cannabis, or any part of such plant, by whatever name it is called;
10 grammes of cannabis resin;
cannabis resin
“cannabis resin” means any substance containing resinous material and in which is found tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabinol in any quantity;
3 grammes of cocaine;
20 grammes of methylamphetamine; or
2 grammes of any or any combination of the following —
N, α-dimethyl-3,4-
(methylenedioxy) phenethylamine
(MDMA);
α-methyl-3, 4-
(methylenedioxy) phenethylamine
(MDA);
* Transferred to the Minister — [S 27/1987]
Misuse of Drugs
N-ethyl-α-methyl-3, 4-
(methylenedioxy)
phenethylamine (N-ethyl MDA or MDEA); or
N-methyl-α-ethyl-3, 4-(methylenedioxy phenethylamine (MBDB), whether or not contained in any substance, extract, preparation or mixture shall, until the contrary in proved, be presumed to traffic in that controlled drug or have that controlled drug in his possession for the purpose of trafficking therein, as the case may be.
Terms defined in s 2
cannabis
Defined · s 2“cannabis” means any part of the genus cannabis, or any part of such plant, by whatever name it is called;
cannabis resin
Defined · s 2“cannabis resin” means any substance containing resinous material and in which is found tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabinol in any quantity;
controlled drug
Defined · s 2“controlled drug” means any substance or product which is for the time being specified in Part I, II or III of the First Schedule to this Act or anything that contains any such substance or product;
traffic
Defined · s 2“traffic” means — (a) to sell, give, administer, transport, send, deliver or distribute; or (b) to offer to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a), otherwise than under the authority of this Act or the regulations made thereunder; and
Part IV
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Part I
PART I — (continued)
Part II
PART II — (continued)
Part III