Fiji countries/fj.yaml
The 2004 drug law makes unauthorised possession an offence carrying a maximum FJ$1 million … three to seven years and seven to fourteen years.[@seru] The law signed on 2 October 2026, awaiting verified commencement, sets a separate personal-use offence for cannabis plant material, with a maximum FJ$500 fi … iction or exceptional cases; at 28 g a rebuttable presumption of supply begins.[@act2026] It provides for commencement byCommencement requires a ministerial Gazette notice; no notice activating this personal-use tier was verified through 27 October 2026.[@act2026]
upto 28 g · treatment criminal · prison 3 months · fine 500 · note Diversion into support programmes; custody only with prior convictions or in exceptional cases; 2026 Act commences by Gazette notice, over 28 g · treatment criminal · term Presumed supply · note Rebuttable presumption; penalty then depends on the supply provisions, label Unauthorised possession under the 2004 Act · treatment criminal · fine 1000000 · note Maximum FJ$1 million fine,Statutory maximum: life imprisonment, a fine, or both, until the 2026 Act replaces the 2004 Act; court guidelines favour non-custodial outcomes for up to 100 g
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Cabinet approved a policy to develop a medicinal cannabis industry in February 2024, with company licensing dependent on the industry being established by law.[@cabinet2024] The separate 2022 amendment excludes hemp and hempconcerns a low-derived plant parts at no more than 1% THC from the schedule’s references to the cannabis planthemp exemption.[@hemp2022] The budget proposal envisaged an export industry, laboratoryOctober 2026 drug-tested imports, Fiji National University growing trials and seed distributionlaw rewrite requires ministerial Gazette notices to farmerscommence.[@act2026]
cabinet2024, hemp2022, budget2022act2026
Fiji Government — Cabinet decisions, 6 February 2024 9 unchanged