Victorian Numbered Acts

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO. 2 OF 2016) - SECT 7

After section 71AC of the Principal Act insert —

        " 71AD     Use of violence or threats to cause trafficking in drug of dependence

    (1)     A person must not intentionally cause another person to traffick in a drug of dependence by—

        (a)     threatening to harm that person or another person; or

        (b)     using violence against that person or another person.

Penalty:     Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).

    (2)     Nothing in subsection (1) prevents a person who trafficks a drug of dependence in the circumstances specified in that subsection from being liable for any offence of trafficking under this Part.

    (3)     Nothing in this section limits or affects the operation of—

        (a)     section 79 or 80; or

        (b)     section 322O, 322P, 323 or 324 of the Crimes Act 1958 .".