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MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1981 - SECT 8Q

8Q .         Manufacture, sale or supply of psychoactive substances

        (1)         A person commits a simple offence if the person manufactures a psychoactive substance.

        Penalty: a fine of $48 000 or imprisonment for 4 years or both.

        (2)         A person commits a simple offence if the person sells or supplies a psychoactive substance.

        Penalty: a fine of $48 000 or imprisonment for 4 years or both.

        (3)         For the purpose of deciding whether or not a person has committed an offence under subsection (1) or (2) in relation to a substance, it is irrelevant that usage instructions concerning the substance given in any manner or form indicate that the substance is not a psychoactive substance or that it is not intended for human consumption.

        [Section 8Q inserted: No. 29 of 2015 s. 4.]



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