Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Offences Involving Controlled Drugs and Substances
11B. Exposing child to drugs, etc., and permitting young person to consume drugs
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Any person of or above 21 years of age who, being in possession of any controlled drug or drug paraphernalia —
controlled drug
“controlled drug” means any substance or product which is for the time being specified in Part 1, 2 or 3 of the First Schedule or anything that contains any such substance or product;
knowingly or recklessly leaves the controlled drug or drug paraphernalia —
exposed in any place; or
in any refrigerator, cupboard, cabinet, box, chest or any other article, that is not locked; and
knows that any child has, or is likely to have, access to —
the place where the controlled drug or drug paraphernalia is left exposed; or
the refrigerator, cupboard, cabinet, box, chest or other article in which the controlled drug or drug paraphernalia is located,shall be guilty of an offence.
Any person of or above 21 years of age who, being in possession of any controlled drug —
permits a young person to smoke, administer (whether or not to himself or herself) or consume the controlled drug; or
does not take all reasonable steps to prevent a young person from smoking, administering (whether or not to himself or herself) or consuming the controlled drug,shall be guilty of an offence.
Subject to subsection (3A), a person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.
If a person —
has a previous conviction under subsection (1) or (2) or section 11N(1) or (2); and
is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or (2),that person shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years.
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a person who is in possession of any controlled drug or drug paraphernalia if the possession of the controlled drug or drug paraphernalia is authorised under this Act.
In this section —
“child” means any person below 16 years of age;
“drug paraphernalia” means any pipe, syringe, utensil, apparatus or other article for the purpose of smoking, administering or consuming a controlled drug.