Template:Infobox Legal Instrument
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An infobox for treaties, statutes and other legal instruments of drug control that govern cannabis. It is used on the article about the instrument itself, never on a page that only cites it. Every page that carries it is placed in Category:Legal instruments.
An instrument adopted before 1946 and no longer in force is described as a historical source and carries {{Infobox Historical Source}} instead.
Usage
A treaty:
{{Infobox Legal Instrument
|name = Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
|official_title = Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
|image =
|image_caption =
|type = Treaty
|jurisdiction = International
|adopted = 30 March 1961
|adopted_date = 1961-03-30
|place = New York
|entry_into_force = 13 December 1964
|entry_into_force_date = 1964-12-13
|parties =
|depositary = Secretary-General of the United Nations
|status = In force
|amended_by = Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (1972)
|supersedes =
|cannabis_provisions =
|official_text = https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=VI-15&chapter=6&clang=_en
}}
A statute:
{{Infobox Legal Instrument
|name = Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
|type = Act
|number = Act No. 61 of 1985
|jurisdiction = India
|enacting_body = Parliament of India
|adopted =
|adopted_date =
|entry_into_force =
|entry_into_force_date =
|status = In force
|cannabis_provisions =
|official_text = https://indiacode.gov.in/handle/123456789/496289
|regional_cat = India
}}
Leave a field empty rather than guess it. Every value must come from the instrument's own text or a cited source on the page.
Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | No | The instrument's short title, as the page title gives it. Defaults to the page title |
| official_title | No | The full official title, where it differs from the short title |
| local_title | No | The title in the language of the enacting state, where that is not English. Shown in italics |
| image | No | Filename of an image: the title page of the official text, or the signing |
| image_caption | No | Caption for the image |
| image_alt | No | Alternative text for the image. Defaults to the caption, then to the name |
| type | Yes | One of: Treaty, Protocol, Act, Law, Ordinance, Code, Rules, Decree. Any other value raises a warning on the page and is not stored. See Property:Has instrument type |
| number | No | The instrument's number, as its own text gives it (for example Act No. 61 of 1985, Republic Act No. 9165) |
| jurisdiction | Yes | International for a treaty. Otherwise the bare title of the country, state or province page, with no link markup: the template makes the link
|
| enacting_body | No | The legislature or authority that made a statute |
| adopted | No | The adoption date as shown, in words (30 March 1961). Display only |
| adopted_date | No | The adoption date for the semantic store, as an ISO date (1961-03-30), year and month (1961-03) or year (1961). Never a range or an approximate date. Shown when adopted is empty
|
| place | No | Where a treaty was adopted or signed |
| entry_into_force | No | The date of entry into force as shown, in words. Display only |
| entry_into_force_date | No | The date of entry into force for the semantic store, in the same forms as adopted_date
|
| parties | No | For a treaty: the number of parties, with the date of the count (for example 186 (as of 2026)) |
| depositary | No | For a treaty: its depositary |
| status | Yes | One of: In force, Amended, Repealed, Superseded. See Property:Has instrument status for what each means |
| amended_by | No | The instruments that amended it, as text. Display only; links are allowed here |
| supersedes | No | Bare titles of the earlier instruments it replaced, separated by semicolons. Each is linked and stored |
| superseded_by | No | Bare title of the instrument that replaced it. Linked and stored |
| cannabis_provisions | No | One line on what the instrument does to cannabis, worded as the page's own Cannabis in the text section states it |
| official_text | No | URL of the official text, from the body that publishes it |
| official_text_label | No | Overrides the link label, which is Read the official text |
| regional_cat | No | A regional category for a national statute (for example India). Leave it blank for a treaty
|
Categories
Every page is placed in Category:Legal instruments. A page whose jurisdiction is International is also placed in Category:Treaties; a page with any other jurisdiction, in Category:National legislation. regional_cat adds one more category.
Semantic properties
The template stores the following properties with #set. The other parameters are display only.
| Parameter | Property | Type |
|---|---|---|
| type | Has instrument type | Text, fixed values |
jurisdiction (not when International) |
Has jurisdiction | Page |
| adopted_date | Has adoption date | Date |
| entry_into_force_date | Has entry into force | Date |
| status | Has instrument status | Text, fixed values |
| official_text | Has official text URL | URL |
| supersedes | Supersedes | Page, several values |
| superseded_by | Superseded by | Page, several values |
The two dates are stored only from their _date parameters, because a Date property misreads a date written in words or as a range.