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CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 618 Cultivating controlled plant

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 618

Cultivating controlled plant

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person cultivates a controlled plant other than a cannabis plant.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     cultivates (artificially or otherwise) 3 or more cannabis plants; or

        (b)     artificially cultivates 1 or 2 cannabis plants.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.

Note     Non-artificial cultivation of 1 or 2 cannabis plants is a summary offence under the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989

, s 162.

    (3)     In this section:

"artificially cultivate" means—

        (a)     hydroponically cultivate; or

        (b)     cultivate with the application of an artificial source of light or heat.