Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill

by deleting the definitions of “cannabis” and “cannabis resin” and substituting the following definitions:“ “cannabis” means any plant of the genus Cannabis, or any part of such plant, by whatever name it is called;“cannabis mixture” means any mixture of vegetable matter containing tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabinol in any quantity;“cannabis resin” means any substance containing resinous material and in which is found tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabinol in any quantity;”; and

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “officer of the Bureau”, the following definition:“ “opium” means any substance containing in any quantity morphine and one or more of the following, namely, codeine, narcotine, papaverine and thebaine but does not include poppy straw which is not mixed in any such substance;”.

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (d), the following paragraph:“(da)30 grammes of cannabis mixture;”; and

by deleting the words “, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to traffic in that controlled drug” at the end thereof and substituting the following words:“be presumed to have had that drug in possession for the purpose of trafficking unless it is proved that his possession of that drug was not for that purpose”.

by deleting the words “Opium, whether raw, prepared or medicinal.” in paragraph 1 of Part I and substituting the word “Opium.”;

by deleting the definitions of “medicinal opium” and “raw opium” in Part IV; and

by deleting the semi-colon at the end of the definition of “poppy straw” in Part IV and substituting a full-stop.

by inserting, immediately after the words “1200 grammes” in paragraph (a) in the second column, against section 5 in the first column relating to “Unauthorised traffic in opium”, the words “and containing not less than 20 grammes of morphine”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “1200 grammes” in paragraph (b) in the second column, against section 5 in the first column relating to “Unauthorised traffic in opium”, the words “and containing more than 30 grammes of morphine”;

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of the entry relating to “Unauthorised traffic in cannabis” against section 5 in the first column, the following entries in the second and sixth columns as shown hereunder: PunishmentSection creating offence General nature of offence Class A drug involvedClass B drug involvedClass C drug involvedSpecified drug or quantity thereof or drug with specified content involvedGeneral5“Unauthorised traffic in cannabis mixture where the quantity is —

not less than 660 grammes and not more than 1000 grammes———Maximum 30 years and 15 strokesMinimum 20 years and 15 strokes—

more than 1000 grammes———Death—”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “1200 grammes” in paragraph (a) in the second column, against section 7 in the first column relating to “Unauthorised import or export of opium”, the words “and containing not less than 20 grammes of morphine”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “1200 grammes” in paragraph (b) in the second column, against section 7 in the first column relating to “Unauthorised import or export of opium”, the words “and containing more than 30 grammes of morphine”; and

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of the entry relating to “Unauthorised import or export of cannabis” against section 7 in the first column, the following entries in the second and sixth columns as shown hereunder: PunishmentSection creating offenceGeneral nature of offenceClass A drug involvedClass B drug involvedClass C drug involvedSpecified drug or quantity thereof or drug with specified content involvedGeneral7“Unauthorised import or export of cannabis mixture where the quantity is —

not less than 660 grammes and not more than 1000 grammes———Maximum 30 years and 15 strokesMinimum 20 years and 15 strokes—

more than 1000 grammes———Death—”.