Maldives countries/mv.yaml
Trafficking carries life imprisonment, now defined as the remainder of a person's life with no pardon or commutation.[@at] Bringing more than 350 g of cannabis into the country can carry the death penalty, only on a unanimous full Supreme Court verdict.[@po,mi]
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Reliable national information about lawful cannabisNo licensed production was not established by the retained sources. Cultivation is an offence.
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Reliable national information about legally available cannabis products was not established by the retained sources.
The retained sources do not establish whether a medical cannabisNo patient programme operatesis documented. Cannabis is a Schedule 1 drug and use is an offence of three years.[@da]
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The retained sources do not establish collateral consequences beyondBeyond prison, offenders can face whipping, and trafficking means life defined as the penalties described aboveremainder of life with no pardon or commutation.[@fcdo,at]
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upto 5 g · treatment criminal · prison 3 years · note Drug-dependent person presumed to possess for use; use is three years, label Non-dependent person with 5 g or less · treatment criminal · prison 15 years · note Presumed dealing; dealing is fifteen years, over 5 g · upto 14 g · treatment criminal · prison min 5 years · prison 10 years · note Presumed peddling, over 14 g · treatment criminal · note Presumed trafficking, which is life imprisonment
label Trafficking · treatment criminal · note Life imprisonment, defined as the remainder of life with no pardon or commutation, label Bringing more than 350 g of cannabis into the country · treatment criminal · death true · note Only on a unanimous full Supreme Court verdict; otherwise life
There is no legal way to get cannabis. Even 5 g or less makes a non-dependent person presumed to be dealing, at fifteen years; a dependent person with the same amount is presumed to hold it for use, at three years.[@da] British travel advice warns that even small quantities can lead to arrest, long sentences, whipping and, for the most serious offences, death.[@fcdo]
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