Northern Cyprus: penalty tables, sourced context and four history entries

Possession remains a criminal offence. The 2016 law offers eligible people convicted of po … option or breaching its conditions returns the case to the ordinary process.[@treatment] Ordinary cannabis offences fall under the general maximum of fifteen years; the reviewed text and appellate judgment give a fine alternative, or both punishments.[@druglaw,appeal15] The judgment reproduces the general fine ceiling as TRY50 after redenomination.[@appeal15]

treatment, druglaw, appeal15

Growing remains a drugany Cannabis sativa plant is an offence; prosecutors do not need to prove that it has flowering or fruiting tops.[@druglaw] The ordinary maximum is fifteen years or a fine, andor both; the supervised-release law expressly excludes people convicted of growing plantsappellate judgment reproduces the general fine ceiling as TRY50.[@druglaw,appeal15] Cultivation convictions are excluded from itsthe [2016 treatment alternative to sentencingroute](/history/northern-cyprus-drug-treatment-option-2016/).[@treatment] In a [2019 case](/history/northern-cyprus-three-plants-sentence-2019/), three plants and importation of 3 g led together to eighteen months in prison.[@grow19]

druglaw, appeal15, treatment, grow19

The supervisedUnlawful cannabis supply falls under the general drug-release law excludes people convicted of sellingoffence provision, with up to fifteen years in prison or a fine, or both.[@druglaw] The appellate judgment reproduces the general fine ceiling as TRY50; the higher annex-drug maxima concern a separate statutory list.[@appeal15,druglaw] Selling and trading drugsconvictions are excluded from its the supervised-treatment route. It offers no comparable supply route alongside the provisions for possession, use and qualifying personal imports.[@treatment]

druglaw, appeal15, treatment

Use remains a drug offence. The supervised-release law covers eligible people convicted of … nce; monitoring includes regular blood and urine testing under the programme.[@treatment] Ordinary offences under the drug law carry up to fifteen years or a fine, or both; the appellate judgment gives the general fine ceiling as TRY50.[@druglaw,appeal15]

treatment, druglaw, appeal15

No legal source:There is no general recreational retail route under the drug law’s controlled possession, growing and supply are all prosecuted as criminal offencesdistribution provisions.[@druglaw] Allowing premises to be used for cannabis smoking or trading is itself an offence.[@druglaw]

kgdruglaw

None. In 2020Cannabis cultivation is a governing-party deputy said that producing medical cannabis might be discussed in parliament; nocriminal offence under section 8 of the drug law followed that could be confirmed.[@druglaw] Premises used for cannabis smoking or trading are also prohibited.[@druglaw] The treatment programme excludes growing, manufacture and supply convictions.[@treatment]

wikidruglaw, treatment

No legal cannabis products are known.

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No medical programme could be confirmedCannabis import requires a licence under the northern drug law; a prescription alone is not that permission.[@druglaw] Manufacture and distribution are also subject to authorisation.[@druglaw] The medical cannabis laws passed in 2017supervised-release programme provides treatment for drug use and 2019 were those of the Republic of Cyprusdependence, in the southrather than a route to prescribed cannabis products.[@treatment]

wikidruglaw, treatment

Surveys between 2003Successful completion of supervised treatment avoids both a sentence and 2015 found that 4entry of the conviction on the criminal record.5%[@treatment] Refusal or breach returns the person to 7the ordinary sentencing process.7%[@treatment] The drug law also permits confiscation and disposal of adults had tried cannabis, the most widely used illegal drug among Turkish Cypriotsseized substance even where a defendant is not convicted.[@druglaw]

wikitreatment, druglaw

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no roomAllowing premises to be used for them: growingsmoking or trading cannabis is expressly criminalised.[@druglaw] Growing and supplying it to another person are both prohibitedsupply convictions also fall outside supervised treatment.[@treatment]

kgdruglaw, wikitreatment

Northern Cyprus — Narcotic Drugs Law 4/1972, consolidated through 42/2004 Northern Cyprus Supreme Court — Criminal Appeal 90/2014, judgment 10/2015, 9 October 2015 Yenidüzen / Kamalı Haber — Three plants and cannabis import bring eighteen months, 21 January 2019 Northern Cyprus Gazette 63, 19 April 2013 — proposed drug-fine amendment 4 unchanged

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label Unlawful cannabis possession — ordinary statutory maximum · treatment criminal · term Article 24(2)(A) · prison 15 years · fine 50 · note Prison or a fine, or both; eligible defendants may complete supervised treatment instead

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label Growing Cannabis sativa without lawful authority · treatment criminal · term Articles 8 and 24(2)(A) · prison 15 years · fine 50 · note Prison or a fine, or both; growing excluded from supervised treatment

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label Unlawful cannabis supply · treatment criminal · term Article 24(2)(A) · prison 15 years · fine 50 · note Prison or a fine, or both; supply excluded from supervised treatment

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label Unlawful cannabis use — ordinary statutory maximum · treatment criminal · term Article 24(2)(A) · prison 15 years · fine 50 · note Prison or a fine, or both; eligible defendants may complete supervised treatment instead

Adults have no general permission to buy, hold or grow cannabis for recreation.[@druglaw] Eligible people convicted of possession or use can accept supervised treatment before sentencing under the [2016 law](/history/northern-cyprus-drug-treatment-option-2016/).[@treatment] Growing and supply convictions are excluded, so a few home-grown plants do not receive that treatment option.[@treatment]

druglaw, treatment

none

The growing prohibition covers any Cannabis sativa plant.[@druglaw] It requires no proof that flowers or fruiting tops have developed.[@druglaw] The reviewed provision contains no THC percentage exemption for a household hemp crop.[@druglaw]

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