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Section 8(b) makes possession of Indian hemp an offence. Section 39(2) of the authorised r … ,000 penalty units or ten years or both on conviction by the court sitting with assessors.[@act] Penalty units are not a verified current dollar tariff and must not be read as dollars.[@act] The government catalogue lists this reprint as current; a 2025 amendment bill was under parliamentary inquiry in February 2026, and its later enactment or commencement was not established.[@inquiry2026] The bill is traced in the [2026 bill entry](/history/solomon-islands-dangerous-drugs-bill-2026/).
Sections 7–8 prohibit growing Indian hemp even for private use, with no small-grow exemption in the reviewed text.[@act] Section 39 supplies the same general court-dependent maximum penalties as for possession.[@act] The statute does not itself demonstrate typical sentences or a separate plantation-size tariff.
The authorised statute permits fines, imprisonment or both, with distinct summary and assessor-court maxima.[@act] The retained 2016 case and crop-seizure report are individual observations, not sufficient … es or short sentences. A representative current sentencing account remains a research gap.
Section 8(b) expressly criminalises giving Indian hemp to another person as well as sellin … d gift in that provision. The general penalties in section 39 depend on the mode of trial.[@act]
Officially published sections 7–8 expressly cover cultivation, possession, giving and sale … ified there; the explicit smoking and use provisions in section 12 concern prepared opium.[@act] British travel advice more broadly warns that drug use is illegal.[@fcdo] Possession associated with cannabis use remains criminal.[@act]
No recreational supply or operating cannabis patient service was established. Sections 13– … ework is not evidence that medicines are stocked or that flower can lawfully be purchased.[@act]
The cultivation ban applies even to private use.[@act] Separately, sections 13 and 15 include cannabis extracts and tinctures within the controlled pharmaceutical framework and provide for rules authorising qualified pharmaceutical businesses to prepare controlled drugs.[@act] An operating cannabis production industry was not established.
The Act covers the cannabis plant and resin under Part I and extracts or tinctures under Part III. These are statutory product categories, not a verified list of products currently available to patients.
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Sections 13–20 contemplate regulated cannabis extracts and tinctures within the controlled-medicines system, including prescription rules, storage and authorised withdrawal by medical and pharmacy professionals.[@act] A broad patient programme, issued cannabis licences and dispensing availability were not verified. The Act covers the cannabis plant and resin under Part I and extracts or tinctures under Part III — statutory product categories, not a verified list of products currently available to patients.[@act]
Section 39(2) requires forfeiture of articles involved in a conviction and permits destruc … rovisions do not by themselves establish automatic deportation or employment consequences.[@act]
The published Act has no recreational collective-growing exemption: sections 7–8 prohibit … person. That statutory restriction does not establish whether informal associations exist.[@act]
There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possessing: sections 7–8 prohibit cultivation, sellingpossession, giving and using drugs is illegal and can lead to prison sentencessale.[@act]
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Road Transport Act section 43 makes driving or attempting to drive on a road or public place while unfit through drugs an offence; unfitness means impaired ability to drive properly.[@roadtransport] In the Magistrates' Court a first offence carries up to 10,000 penalty units or twelve months' imprisonment or both; a repeat carries up to 20,000 units or two years or both.[@roadtransport] High Court conviction carries up to 20,000 units or two years or both.[@roadtransport] Penalty units must not be read as Solomon Islands dollars.[@roadtransport] Licence disqualification normally lasts at least twelve months, rising to at least three years if there was a like driving conviction within the preceding ten years, with a special-reasons exception.[@roadtransport] Being in charge while not driving is a separate offence with different penalties.[@roadtransport] The separate concentration offence concerns alcohol, not a numerical THC limit.[@roadtransport]
Section 2 defines Indian hemp as Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica or any portion.[@act] Section 5 expressly prohibits importing or exporting cannabis seeds and plant portions; sections 7–8 prohibit cultivation and giving or selling the controlled plant.[@act] No personal seed or cutting exemption was identified.
label Summary conviction (section 39) · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison 6 months · note Up to 5,000 penalty units or six months; units are not dollars, label Conviction with assessors (section 39) · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison 10 years · note Up to 100,000 penalty units or ten years; units are not dollars
label Summary conviction (sections 7–8, 39) · treatment criminal · term Unlicensed cultivation · prison 6 months · note Up to 5,000 penalty units or six months; units are not dollars, label Conviction with assessors (sections 7–8, 39) · treatment criminal · term Unlicensed cultivation · prison 10 years · note Up to 100,000 penalty units or ten years; units are not dollars
Recreational cannabis is fully prohibited: growing, possession, giving and sale are all offences with no personal-use allowance, and penalties run to ten years on conviction with assessors.[@act] The 1941 Act behind the current reprint is traced in the [1941 Act](/history/solomon-islands-dangerous-drugs-act-1941/).
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No hemp exception operates: Indian hemp means cannabis sativa or indica or any portion, and sections 7–8 prohibit cultivation even for private use.[@act]
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Reported seizures reach commercial scale: a marijuana haul valued near SBD 1 million was reported by the Solomon Times.[@st]
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The retained 2016 Magistrates' Court judgment on marijuana possession and the Solomon Times crop-seizure report are individual observations; a representative current sentencing account remains a research gap.[@case,st]
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No patient or adult-use purchase route verified