CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 33LAB

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 33LAB

33LAB—Possession or supply of instructions

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

            (a)         has possession of a document containing instructions for the manufacture of a controlled drug or the cultivation of a controlled plant; or

            (b)         supplies to another person a document containing instructions for the manufacture of a controlled drug or the cultivation of a controlled plant; or

            (c)         has possession of a document containing instructions for the manufacture of a controlled drug or the cultivation of a controlled plant intending to supply it to another person,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for a basic offence—

                  (i)         if the offender is a serious drug offender—$20 000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or both; or

                  (ii)         in any other case—$10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both;

            (b)         for an aggravated offence—$20 000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.

        (2)         In this section—

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