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Cannabis is a Class B controlled drug and unauthorised possession remains a criminal offence.[@ahkong] The 2016 law removed the old mandatory minimum for the cannabis trafficking offence considered in R v Ah Kong; the judge gave that first offender a suspended sentence and a fine.[@ahkong]
label Cultivation of any form or type · treatment criminal · term Production · prison 20 years · note Police may arrest without a warrant
Sentences depend on the offence and circumstances. In October 2016 Paul Ah Kong received a suspended two-year term and a 15,000-rupee fine for trafficking 115 grams of cannabis.[@ahkong] In January 2023 the Seychelles Kanabis Association protested custodial cannabis sentences given to two other men.[@nation23]
label Possession with intent to traffic · treatment criminal · term Trafficking · prison 50 years
Use is an offence; the 2016 Act allows treatment-oriented outcomes for dependent users.[@wiki] Regulation 19 of the 2020 medical regulations forbids smoking cannabis of any form, and using even the permitted cannabidiol products without authorisation is an offence.[@reg]
There is no adult-use supply. Rules effective from 1 July 2020 allow an application for prescribed CBD medicines after specialist assessment, Public Health Authority approval and issuance of a permit.[@reg] Authorised pharmacies may dispense a maximum 30-day supply.[@reg]
There is no adult-use supply. Use is an offence, though the 2016 Act allows treatment-oriented outcomes for dependent users,[@wiki] and the 2020 medical regulations forbid smoking cannabis of any form.[@reg] Sentences depend on offence and circumstances.[@ahkong]
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No domestic licensed cannabis production exists; medical products are imported.[@reg]
Approved cannabidiol-based medical products only.
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The 2020 rules cover defined CBD medicines, with THC and specified related substances limited to 2% of the CBD content.[@reg] A specialist must assess the failure of earlier treatments and likely benefits and risks before submitting an application.[@reg] Public-health approval, a permit and a prescription are required.[@reg] The rules followed Ralph Volcere’s case seeking access for his mother, who had Alzheimer’s disease.[@volcere] Only approved cannabidiol-based medical products are lawful; no flower or other recreational product is.[@reg]
A conviction is a criminal record; the reviewed sources describe no separate employment-ban or expulsion regime beyond the penalties themselves.[@wiki]
The 2020 medicinal cannabis regulations define cultivating to include "sowing or scatterin … y part thereof", and state that a person shall not cultivate cannabis of any form or type.[@si25] Patients may receive only imported cannabidiol-based products.[@si25] The regulations do not say whether seed on its own may be held or sold; the definition of cannabis in the 2016 Act was not read.
No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.[@wiki]
There is no legal recreational supply. The CBD medicine rules recognise a visiting qualify … Public Health Authority authorisation to enter or leave Seychelles carrying the medicine.[@reg]
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No industrial-hemp exception was verified: cultivation of any form or type is banned under the 2020 regulations, and the only lawful products are approved cannabidiol-based medicines.[@reg]
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