News:1997-03-14/Policy/revised-criminal-law-adds-a-dedicated-chapter-of-drug-offences-covering-illegal-cultivation-of-cannabis-and-op

News record14 March 1997Policy

Revised Criminal Law adds a dedicated chapter of drug offences covering illegal cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy

The 8th National People's Congress adopted a revised Criminal Law containing a dedicated chapter of twelve drug offences, among them illegal cultivation of narcotic source plants including cannabis. The criminal-liability provisions of the 1990 Decision were absorbed into the new code, while the Decision's administrative-penalty provisions were retained. Cannabis is named in the definitional articles but is given no gram or plant-count threshold of its own, remaining within an undefined category of other drugs. Published quantity thresholds for cannabis oil, resin and leaf did not follow until a Supreme People's Court interpretation in 2000.

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Date14 Mar 1997

CategoryPolicy

CountryChina

Agency全国人民代表大会 (National People's Congress)

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1997-03-14 Policy Revised Criminal Law adds a dedicated chapter of drug offences covering illegal cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy The 8th National People's Congress adopted a revised Criminal Law containing a dedicated chapter of twelve drug offences, among them illegal cultivation of narcotic source plants including cannabis. The criminal-liability provisions of the 1990 Decision were absorbed into the new code, while the Decision's administrative-penalty provisions were retained. Cannabis is named in the definitional articles but is given no gram or plant-count threshold of its own, remaining within an undefined category of other drugs. Published quantity thresholds for cannabis oil, resin and leaf did not follow until a Supreme People's Court interpretation in 2000. http://gongbao.court.gov.cn/Details/96fea4e0b9e00def2295a1e598666f.html China 全国人民代表大会 (National People's Congress)