Federal Decree by Law on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances

Article 1 ¶

For the purposes of implementing the provisions of this Decree by Law, the following terms and expressions shall have the meanings assigned thereto, including: Narcotics; Psychotropic Substances; Import; Export; Bring In; Transport; Promotion; Production; Manufacture; Commitment; Subjecting to Monitoring; Mandatory Enrollment in Rehabilitation Programs; Authority; Establishment; Chairman of the Board; Competent Administrative Authority; Unit; Supervisory Committee.

Article 2 ¶

The provisions of this Decree by Law shall not apply to the parts and varieties of plants specified... [truncated]

Article 4 ¶

The amendment to the tables attached to the said Decree by Law shall be in accordance with the following... [truncated]

Article 5 ¶

Federal health authorities and private health establishments may establish units dedicated to the treatment... [truncated]

Article 6 ¶

All data and information related to the affairs of addicts and convicted persons who are placed in treatment... [truncated]

Article 7 ¶

Specialized centers shall be established to implement the imprisonment penalty in crimes of addiction... [truncated]

Article 8 ¶

The Minister of Justice, in agreement with the Competent Minister, may grant the status of Judicial officer... [truncated]

Article 9 ¶

The Establishment shall inspect the authorities licensed under the provisions of this Law by Decree.

Section Two: Prohibition of Dealing in Narcotics, Psychotropic Substances and Plants Producing Them

Chapter One: Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances

Article 10 ¶

1. Any of the narcotics or psychotropic substances listed in Schedules Nos. (1, 2, 4/ Section (1), 5)... [truncated]

Article 11 ¶

Any of the narcotics or psychotropic substances listed in Schedules Nos. (3,6,7,8) attached thereto... [truncated]

Article 12 ¶

Addiction of narcotics or psychotropic substances in any form, or to use them personally, except for... [truncated]

Article 13 ¶

In all cases in which possession or acquisition of narcotics or psychotropic substances shall be licensed... [truncated]

Chapter Two: Plants producing narcotics or psychotropic substances

Article 14 ¶

In cases other than those authorized in accordance with the provisions of this Law by Decree, plants... [truncated]

Article 15 ¶

The land owner shall inform the public authority of the plants that shall be planted on that land in... [truncated]

Article 16 ¶

The Minister of Climate Change and Environment shall issue the necessary licenses to government agencies... [truncated]

Section Three: Licenses

Chapter One: Licence to import, export and transport narcotics and psychotropic substances

Article 17 ¶

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article (10) of this Law by Decree, narcotics and psychotropic... [truncated]

Article 18 ¶

The authorization referred to in Article (17) of this Decree by Law may only be granted to the following... [truncated]

Article 19 ¶

The permission stipulated in the previous Article may not be issued in the name of the Authority Manager... [truncated]

Article 20 ¶

Narcotics or psychotropic substances that arrive at customs shall not be delivered without a withdrawal... [truncated]

Article 21 ¶

No narcotics or psychotropic substances may be imported, exported, or transported in parcels containing... [truncated]

Article 22 ¶

The Competent Administrative Authority shall create a special electronic record in which the permits... [truncated]

Article 23 ¶

An import or export permit shall be considered repealed if it has not been used within sixty days as... [truncated]

Chapter Two: Licensing for trafficking in narcotics and psychotropic substances

Article 24 ¶

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article (10) of this Law by Decree, trafficking in narcotics... [truncated]

Article 25 ¶

The Authority licensed to traffick in narcotics or psychotropic substances shall have a pharmacist responsible... [truncated]

Article 26 ¶

If the licence holder changes the location of his industrial or commercial activity or leaves the business... [truncated]

Article 27 ¶

Authorities licensed to traffic in narcotics or psychotropic substances may not sell or deliver these... [truncated]

Article 28 ¶

The Authority Manager licensed to traffic in narcotics or psychotropic substances shall adhere to the... [truncated]

Article 29 ¶

The Authority Manager licensed to traffic in narcotics or psychotropic substances shall send to the... [truncated]

Article 30 ¶

The Chairman of the Board shall issue a Resolution specifying the procedures and manner of selling... [truncated]

Chapter Three: Licensing the production of narcotics or psychotropic substances and the manufacture of preparations

Article 31 ¶

By Decree shall be prohibited to produce or manufacture any of the substances listed in Schedules No... [truncated]

Article 32 ¶

In pharmaceutical factories or pharmacies, manufacturing a preparation that contains a narcotic or... [truncated]

Article 33 ¶

Pharmacies and medical preparation factories may not exceed the percentages mentioned in Schedules No... [truncated]

Chapter Four: Medical treatment of narcotics and psychotropic substances

Article 34 ¶

A pharmacy may not dispense any narcotics or psychotropic substances except pursuant to a medical prescription... [truncated]

Article 35 ¶

The Pharmacy may dispense narcotics or psychotropic substances under licence cards issued by the Competent... [truncated]

Article 36 ¶

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article (34) of this Law by Decree, the Pharmacy Manager shall... [truncated]

Article 37 ¶

1. The Pharmacy Manager shall keep the medical prescriptions containing narcotics and psychotropic substances... [truncated]

Article 38 ¶

The Pharmacy Manager shall, within the first fifteen days of January and July of each year, send to... [truncated]

Article 39 ¶

The Pharmacy Manager shall keep narcotics and psychotropic substances in a tightly closed cabinet in... [truncated]

Article 40 ¶

No medical prescription for any narcotic or psychotropic substance may be issued except by physicians... [truncated]

Section Four: Penalties and Precautionary Measures and Procedures

Chapter One: Original Penalty

Article 41 ¶

1. A penalty of imprisonment for a period of no less than three months or a fine of no less than twenty... [truncated]

Article 42 ¶

1. Addicting in any way or personal using of narcotic substances as stipulated in item (29) of Schedule... [truncated]

Article (42) BIS
1. In exception to the provisions delineated in Article (57) of this Decree by Law, an individual who... [truncated]

Article 43 ¶

1. Addicting in any way, or personal using in cases other than authorised, or a fine of no less than... [truncated]

Article 44 ¶

1. Addicting in any way or personal using or possesses with intent to use any substance or plant other... [truncated]

Article 45 ¶

The Court may, in other than the case of recurrence, instead of ruling the penalties stipulated in Articles... [truncated]

Article 46 ¶

The Court, after taking the Public Prosecution opinion, may order the removal of the Convicted person... [truncated]

Article 47 ¶

If the placing was found to be futile, or if the patient violated the duties imposed on him or committed... [truncated]

Article 48 ¶

Any person who calls to or incites another person to commit any of the crimes stipulated in Articles... [truncated]

Article 49 ¶

If the Offender commits any of the crimes referred to in Article (48) of this Law by Decree with the... [truncated]

Article 50 ¶

Whoever puts any of the narcotics or psychotropic substances stipulated in any of the Schedules attached... [truncated]

Article 51 ¶

Whoever forces another to use narcotics or psychotropic substances shall be punished with imprisonment... [truncated]

Article 52 ¶

Anyone who intentionally transports narcotics or psychotropic substances stipulated in the Schedules... [truncated]

Article 53 ¶

Anyone who manages, prepares or provides a place for the consumption of any of the narcotics or psychotropic... [truncated]

Article 54 ¶

Whoever is arrested in any of the places referred to in the previous Article with knowledge thereof... [truncated]

Article 55 ¶

Whoever manufactures, imports, brings, sells or possesses with the intent of promoting goods or publications... [truncated]

Article 56 ¶

In cases other than those authorised in accordance with the provisions of this Law by Decree, whoever... [truncated]

Article 57 ¶

Violation of the provisions of Clause (1) of Article (10) and Article (14) of this Law by Decree will... [truncated]

Article 58 ¶

Violation of the provision of Article (11) shall be punished with the penalties stipulated in Schedule... [truncated]

Article 59 ¶

Whoever shall be authorised to possess and acquires one of the substances mentioned in the schedules... [truncated]

Article 60 ¶

Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by this Decree by Law or any other law: 1. A... [truncated]

Article 61 ¶

Whoever assaults or resists one of the officials responsible for the implementation of this Law by Decree... [truncated]

Article 62 ¶

Anyone who intentionally kills a public official responsible for the implementation of this Law by Decree... [truncated]

Article 63 ¶

Anyone who has been authorised by the Public Prosecution to take the necessary examination sample to... [truncated]

Article 64 ¶

Without prejudice to any more severe penalty stipulated in any other Law, any person who deposits or... [truncated]

Article 65 ¶

Whoever possesses, conceals or performs any operation of funds shall be punished by imprisonment and... [truncated]

Article 66 ¶

An attempt to commit the misdemeanours stipulated in this Law by Decree shall be punished with half... [truncated]

Article 67 ¶

Except for the penalties prescribed for crimes of addiction and personal use when committed in the following... [truncated]

Article 68 ¶

The imposition of the penalties set forth in this Law by Decree shall not prejudice the right of the... [truncated]

Article 69 ¶

Whoever among the Offender hastens to inform the judicial or administrative authorities of what he knows... [truncated]

Chapter Two: Subsidiary and Supplementary penalties

Article 70 ¶

It shall be decided to confiscate narcotics, psychotropic substances, and plants that produce narcotics... [truncated]

Article 71 ¶

Every place prepared for the consumption of narcotics or psychotropic substances or for carrying out... [truncated]

Article 72 ¶

As a result of a ruling in the offence of addiction of narcotics or psychotropic substances more than... [truncated]

Article 73 ¶

Whoever has been sentenced to life or temporary imprisonment in one of the crimes stipulated hereby... [truncated]

Article 74 ¶

Whoever has been convicted of any of the crimes punishable under the provisions of this Law by Decree... [truncated]

Article 75 ¶

1. The court shall order the deportation of a foreigner convicted of any of the crimes stipulated in... [truncated]

Chapter Three: Precautionary Measures and Procedures

Article 76 ¶

Whoever has been previously sentenced more than once for one of the crimes stipulated hereby, the Court... [truncated]

Article 77 ¶

The period of the sentenced measure may not be less than one year and not more than five years. Whoever... [truncated]

Article 78 ¶

The Public Prosecutor may order that the person against whom a penal order shall be issued in one of... [truncated]

Article 79 ¶

A Convict or a court-ordered convict in the crime of addiction of narcotics or psychotropic substances... [truncated]

Article 80 ¶

The Competent Judicial control officers shall uproot any plant whose cultivation shall be prohibited... [truncated]

Article 81 ¶

Narcotics and psychotropic substances, which is sentenced to be confiscated, shall be executed by a... [truncated]

Article 82 ¶

The Federal Attorney General shall, by a decision issued in agreement with the Attorneys General of... [truncated]

Article 83 ¶

The Public Prosecutor or his representative, if there is sufficient evidence that one of the crimes... [truncated]

Article 84 ¶

A person against whom a resolution was issued to freeze or prevent him from disposing of, managing or... [truncated]

Article 85 ¶

Police officers who have the judicial control shall have the right to use force or weapons in order... [truncated]

Section Five: General and Final Provisions

Chapter One: Jurisdiction

Article 86 ¶

As an exception to the provisions of Article (142) of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Court in which... [truncated]

Article 87 ¶

A judicial authorization issued by the competent Public Prosecution located in the federal capital is... [truncated]

Article 88 ¶

The federal courts located in the federal capital shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate the... [truncated]

Chapter Two: Special provisions for the narcotics or psychotropic substances addiction

Article 89 ¶

No criminal proceedings shall be instituted against a user of narcotics or psychotropic substances,... [truncated]

Article 90 ¶

The provision of the previous Article shall not apply to anyone who possesses a narcotics or a psychotropic... [truncated]

Article 91 ¶

The Unit shall notify the Public Prosecution in the event that the patient fails to comply with the... [truncated]

Article 92 ¶

The Public Prosecutor may refer to the Unit any person who commits addiction or personal using crimes... [truncated]

Article 93 ¶

The crimes of addiction or personal using stipulated in Articles (41), (42), (43) and (44) shall not... [truncated]

Chapter Three: Final Provisions

Article 94 ¶

The rules of placement under electronic surveillance shall be applicable to the offences herein, in... [truncated]

Article 95 ¶

1. The purity degree of narcotics or psychotropic substances subject of the crime shall not be considered... [truncated]

Article 96 ¶

It is not considered bringing, importing, transporting, possessing or penalising acquisition of food... [truncated]

Article 97 ¶

Without prejudice to the rights of the defence, the Court, when examining one of the crimes stipulated... [truncated]

Article 98 ¶

The Establishment and the National Drug Enforcement Authority, through an electronic system, shall track... [truncated]

Article 99 ¶

The aforementioned Federal Law No. (14) of 1995 shall be repealed. The Regulations and Resolutions issued... [truncated]

Article 100 ¶

This Law by Decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into force as of January... [truncated]

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