MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1981 - SECT 8K

MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1981 - SECT 8K

8K .         Benefit of completing CIS

        (1)         If the alleged offender has completed a CIS in respect of a CIR within 28 days or such further time as is allowed under section 8L, the bringing of proceedings and the imposition of penalties are prevented to the same extent that they would be prevented if the alleged offender had been convicted by a court of, and punished for, the alleged offence.

        (2)         Completion of a CIS is not to be regarded as an admission for the purposes of any proceedings, whether civil or criminal.

        [Section 8K inserted: No. 45 of 2010 s. 6.]