Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00153:section:15:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00153
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 21820–24999

15  Penalties for offences against sections 10 to 13
 (1) A person convicted of an offence against section 10, 11, 12 or 13 is punishable in accordance with this section.

[Penalty where offence involves cultivation of opium poppy etc.]
 (2) Where the person committed the offence by engaging in conduct that is a dealing in drugs referred to in paragraph 6(1)(a), the penalty is imprisonment for a period not exceeding such period as is applicable in accordance with the following table:

TABLE
                                          Maximum Period of Imprisonment
Kind of cultivation                       If more than 1000 plants cultivated  If not more than 1000 but more than 20 plants cultivated  If not more than 20 but more than 5 plants cultivated  If not more than 5 plants cultivated
Cultivation of opium poppy and coca bush  Life                                 25 years                                                  10 years                                               5 years
Cultivation of cannabis plant             Life                                 10 years                                                  5 years                                                2 years

[Penalty where offence involves separation of opium etc. from plant]
 (3) Where the person committed the offence by engaging in conduct that is a dealing in drugs referred to in paragraph 6(1)(b), the penalty is imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years.

[Penalty where offence involves manufacture etc., or possession for manufacture etc., of narcotic drug etc.]
 (4) Where the person committed the offence by engaging in conduct that is a dealing in drugs referred to in paragraph 6(1)(c) or (d), the penalty for the offence is imprisonment for a period not exceeding:
 (a) if the dealing is in respect of a narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance referred to in Part 1 of Schedule 3—10 years; or
 (b) if the dealing is in respect of a psychotropic substance referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 3—5 years.

[Penalty where offence involves sale, supply, or possession for sale or supply, of narcotic drug etc.]
 (5) Where the person committed the offence by engaging in conduct that is a dealing in drugs referred to in paragraph 6(1)(e), the penalty is imprisonment for a period not exceeding:
 (a) if the dealing is in respect of a narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance referred to in Part 1 of Schedule 3—such period as is applicable in accordance with the table set out at the end of this subsection; or
 (b) if the dealing is in respect of a psychotropic substance referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 3—2 years.

TABLE
                                                                                               Maximum Period of Imprisonment
Quantity of drug or substance                                                                  Where cannabis sold or supplied  In any other case
If a commercial quantity of the drug or substance was sold, supplied or possessed              Life                             Life
If a traffickable quantity of the drug or substance was sold, supplied or possessed            10 years                         25 years
If