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segments › cultivation › textProducing cannabis without authorisation is an offence, and the Act’s definition of produc … nal home-growing allowance.[@law,lrc](/history/cayman-cannabis-reform-consultation-2026/) Unauthorised production was first brought under a single modern drug law in 1973.(/history/cayman-modern-drug-law-1973/)
segments › cultivation › currencyKYD
segments › cultivation › penaltieslabel Production under 1 lb · treatment criminal · term Production · fine 20000 · prison 7 years · note Second or later conviction CI$20,000 and ten years, label Production 1 lb or more · treatment criminal · term Production · fine 20000 · prison 7 years · note Second or later conviction fine and fifteen years
context › hemp › statusnone
context › hemp › textNo legal hemp or CBD category was found in the reviewed law; the cannabis definition covers any part of the plant except separated mature stalk and fibre.[@law] The 2026 consultation asked whether importation, production, distribution and sale should remain illegal.[@consult](/history/cayman-cannabis-reform-consultation-2026/)
context › hemp › sourceslaw, consult
context › planting › seedsillegal
context › planting › seeds tradebanned
context › planting › clonesillegal
context › planting › clones tradebanned
context › planting › textCannabis means any plant of the genus Cannabis or any part of it, except separated mature stalk and fibre; seeds are not excluded.[@law] Growing any cannabis plant is unauthorised production, and supplying seeds or cuttings is unauthorised supply or distribution.[@law]
context › planting › sourceslaw
context › black market › textPolice recorded 15 ganja-supply offences and 2 ganja-importation offences in 2023, down from 18 and 3 the year before.[@lrc] The commission notes charges often arise from supply investigations or encounters for other reasons rather than targeted possession enforcement.[@lrc]
context › black market › sourceslrc
context › arrests › textPolice recorded 73 ganja-possession offences and 16 consumption offences among 150 drug crimes in 2023; possession offences rose by 36 in 2024.[@lrc] Courts may make community service or attendance orders in specified cases instead of or alongside other sentences.[@law]
context › arrests › sourceslrc, law
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Code, design and documents 1 file
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+# Expansion batch, 28 October 2026
+
+Explicit country list: Eritrea (er), Cayman Islands (ky), Djibouti (dj), Cabo Verde (cv).
+Note: a standing instruction had been to skip Eritrea (closed country); the explicit request
+for this batch overrides it — sources will be thin and every gap will be noted, not filled
+by guessing.
+
+| Country | Done | Left | Commit |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Cayman Islands | | | |
+| Cabo Verde | | | |
+| Djibouti | | | |
+| Eritrea | | | |
+
+## ky — committed
+- 3 articles: `cayman-cannabis-reform-timetable-2026` (Nov/Dec 2026 report + legislation expected), `cayman-cannabis-reform-referral-2025` (premier's LRC referral terms), `cayman-modern-drug-law-1973` (UN legislation file + 2026 Revision; 5yr/10yr ganja penalties) linked from cultivation.
+- Cultivation penalty table added from ss.16(2)–(3) + Schedule 2 Part A of the Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision, read locally): under 1 lb CI$20k/7yr (repeat 10yr); 1 lb+ CI$20k/7yr (repeat fine + 15yr).
+- New `hemp` (none: no hemp/CBD category; definition covers all parts except stalk/fibre), `planting` (seeds not excluded → illegal/banned), `black_market` (15 supply + 2 importation ganja offences 2023), `arrests` (73 possession + 16 consumption 2023, +36 possession 2024) from the LRC July 2026 discussion paper (read locally).
+- Audit 0/0; 4 pages built and verified.
+- Left: driving section (no drug-driving source found); 1925 estimate; empty 1930s–2000s decades.