CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 33GB

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 33GB

33GB—Sale of instructions to a child

        (1)         A person who, without reasonable excuse (proof of which lies on the person)—

            (a)         sells to a child a document containing instructions for the manufacture of a controlled drug or the cultivation of a controlled plant; or

            (b)         has possession of a document containing instructions for the manufacture of a controlled drug or the cultivation of a controlled plant, intending to sell it to a child,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for a basic offence—

                  (i)         if the offender is a serious drug offender—$30 000 or imprisonment for 7 years, or both; or

                  (ii)         in any other case—$20 000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or both;

            (b)         for an aggravated offence—$30 000 or imprisonment for 7 years, or both.

        (2)         In this section—

"document" includes any record of information whether in documentary, magnetic, electronic or other form.