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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 33DA

33DA—Sale of instructions

        (1)         A person who, without reasonable excuse (proof of which lies on the person)—

            (a)         sells a document containing instructions for the manufacture of a controlled drug or the cultivation of a controlled plant; or

            (b)         has possession of a document containing instructions for the manufacture of a controlled drug or the cultivation of a controlled plant, intending to sell it,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for a basic offence

                  (i)         if the offender is a serious drug offender—$20 000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or both; or

                  (ii)         in any other case—$15 000 or imprisonment for 3 years, or both;

            (b)         for an aggravated offence—$20 000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.

        (2)         In this section—

"document" includes any record of information whether in documentary, magnetic, electronic or other form.



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