Expand Gibraltar: hemp rules, driving limit, life field and policing data

Cannabis and resin are Class B drugs.[@law] Possession can bringcarries up to twelve months in prison or a £10,000 fine, or both, in lower-courtsummary proceedings; on indictment, orup to five years or a fine in a higher-court trial, or both.[@law,procedure] In A [December 2025 a man found withcase](/history/gibraltar-possession-fine-2025/) involving about 127 g of resin receivedended in an £800 fine in the Magistrates’ Court.[@police]

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label Summary, lower court · treatment criminal · prison 12 months · note OrPrison or a fine, or both; section 506(2), Schedule 8 · fine 10000 · term Possession, label Indictment, higher court · treatment criminal · prison 5 years · note OrPrison or a fine, label About 127 g of resinor both; no fixed fine ceiling stated in 2025this row · treatment criminal · fine 800term Possession

CultivatingGrowing any cannabis plant is an offence, subject to authorised exceptionsrequires lawful authority under section 508. The cultivation offence[@law] Cultivation carries up to nine months or a £4,000 fine, or both, in lower-courtsummary proceedings or; on indictment, up to fourteen years inor a higher-court trialfine, with fines also availableor both.[@law,procedure] The wider[2021 medicinal-cannabis industry Act remains awaiting commencement](/history/gibraltar-medicinal-cannabis-act-2021/) is still marked Not In Force.[@m21]

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label Summary, lower court · treatment criminal · prison 9 months · note Fine also availablePrison or a fine, or both · fine 4000 · term Cultivation, label Indictment, higher court · treatment criminal · prison 14 years · term Cultivation · note Prison or a fine, or both

SupplyingGiving, selling or offering to supply cannabis to another person is an offence, with no payment requirement incovered by the prohibitionsupply offence. Class B[@law] Summary supply or possession with intent to supply can carrycarries up to twelve months or a £10,000 fine, or both; on indictment the maximum is life imprisonment inor a higher-court trial; fines are also availablefine, or both.[@law,procedure] A reported possession-with-intent-Knowingly permitting cannabis smoking or prohibited drug activity on premises carries up to-supply case ended in 200 hours of community work twelve months or a £10,000 fine, or both, summarily; up to fourteen years or a fine, or both, on indictment.[@supplylaw,procedure]

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label Indictment, higher courtSupply / possession with intent — summary · treatment criminal · term Supply · prison 12 months · fine 10000 · note Up to life imprisonmentPrison or a fine, or both; fines also availablesections 504(3), 506(3), label PossessionSupply / possession with intent to supply— indictment · treatment criminal · term Supply · life possible · note Life imprisonment or a fine, reported caseor both; Schedule 8, label Knowingly permitting cannabis smoking or prohibited drug activity — summary · treatment criminal · term Premises offence · prison 12 months · fine 10000 · note 200 hours of community workPrison or a fine, or both; section 518, label Such premises offence — indictment · treatment criminal · term Premises offence · prison 14 years · note Prison or a fine, or both; Schedule 8

Unauthorised production is criminal, and cultivating cannabis has its own offence.[@law] The [2021 medicinal-cannabis Act provides for a wider industry licensing system but](/history/gibraltar-medicinal-cannabis-act-2021/) is still marked Not In Force; commencement requires a ministerial notice.[@m21]

GHA doctors must complete training before authorising cannabis medicines.[@reg] Eligible conditions are treatment-resistant multiple-sclerosis spasticity, severe refractory epilepsy, severe life-altering pain, and intractable chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting.[@reg] Products require GHA approval, and smoking is prohibited.[@reg] The rules distinguish the … nment reported completed doctor training and a supply agreement in September 2023.[@gov23]

Possession can lead to a fine, imprisonment or both, depending on the proceedings and sentence.[@law] Courts can order forfeiture and destruction or disposal of items connected with drug offences.[@law] For an adult, a fine normally has a twelve-month rehabilitation period from conviction; custody of six months or less normally requires two years after the sentence, including any licence period, is completed.[@procedure] Longer custodial terms have longer periods, with statutory exclusions and exceptions.[@procedure]

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Gibraltar — Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act 2011, current text Gibraltar Office of Fair Trading — Goods categories list Gibraltar — Traffic Act 2005, current text Gibraltar — Drug Driving (Specified Limits) Regulations 2017 Gibraltar Police Authority — Annual report 2024/25 8 unchanged

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Hemp products derived or extracted from cannabis, including CBD products, are exempted from the import/export, production/supply and possession restrictions when they contain less than 0.3% THC.[@reg] The Office of Fair Trading includes them in its goods categories and says Customs may require an acceptable laboratory certificate.[@oft] Growing any cannabis plant remains subject to the separate cultivation restriction.[@law]

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limit

Driving, attempting to drive or being in charge on a road or other public place with blood THC above 2 micrograms per litre is an offence.[@road,limits] Driving or attempting to drive carries up to six months or a £10,000 fine, or both; being in charge carries up to three months or £4,000, or both.[@road,procedure] There is a conditional defence for lawfully prescribed or supplied medicine taken according to directions, including advice about driving intervals.[@road] Unfitness through drugs is separately prohibited.[@road] In May 2024 a driver with at least 3.8 micrograms/litre THC was fined £250 and disqualified for eight months.[@annual]

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The police authority’s 2024/25 offence table records 169 drug-possession offences and 22 drug-supply offences, covering all drugs.[@annual] A separate section explicitly labelled April 2023–March 2024 reports 212 drug-misuse offences and 181 arrests.[@annual] Its examples range from a £140 fine for 5.67 g of cannabis resin to imprisonment for cocaine supply.[@annual]

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Police describe targeting drug suppliers, their proceeds and money laundering as linked priorities.[@annual] The section for April 2023–March 2024 reports over 2.7 kg of Class B drugs seized, alongside smaller Class A and C totals.[@annual] The report also describes monitoring cannabis-resin transportation and sales at the land frontier.[@annual]

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word Cannabis · lang English · meaning ordinary and statutory name · sources law, word Cannabis resin · lang English · meaning separated resin; police and statutory usage · sources law, police, word Hemp · lang English · meaning low-THC product category · sources oft, word CBD · lang English · meaning cannabidiol; hemp-product term · sources oft

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Fine or prison

Possession can bring a fine or prison; the maximum depends on the court procedure