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history: source Bahamas 1962 definition to UN-filed Act 26, trace 1929 Act lineage

Act 26 of 1962 (assented 23 May 1962) replaced the Dangerous Drugs Act's Indian hemp definition and added a conspiracy offence, per E/NL.1963/11. The 1929 Act's own text is still untraced; the entry now records its verified continuation as Ch. 12 of 1938-39 and Ch. 44 (E/NL.1953/42-43, E/NL.1960/7-8). Yugoslavia 1929 code text and Ethiopia 1930 provisions still unrecovered; dead ends recorded in the note.

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The Bahamas define Indian hemp in law

date

1962-05-23

description

Act 26 of 1962 amended section 2 of the Dangerous Drugs Act with a new, replacing the definition of Indian hemp with one covering all partsevery part of the plant Cannabis sativa plant, its resin and every preparation of them.[@1] It also added a conspiracy offence: agreeing to commit or abet any offence under the Act carried the same punishment and forfeiture as the offence itself, even where the other party was outside the colony's courts.[@1] The amendment was assented on 23 May 1962.[@1]

sources

United Nations — Laws and regulations communicated on narcotic drugs: Bahamas, E/NL.1963/11 Wikipedia — Cannabis in the Bahamas

The Bahamas pass the Dangerous Drugs Act

description

On 27 February 1929 the colony passed a Dangerous Drugs Act covering drug offences including cannabis.[@1] The colonial Act prohibited Indian hemp along with other dangerous drugslived on in the revised laws as Chapter 12 of 1938–39, under which 1952 dispensing and sale rules were made, and as Chapter 44, whose possession section was amended in 1959.[@2,3]

sources

United Nations — Laws and regulations communicated on narcotic drugs: Bahamas, E/NL.1953/42-43 United Nations — Laws and regulations communicated on narcotic drugs: Bahamas, E/NL.1960/7-8 1 unchanged

Code, design and documents 1 file

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+# Research pass: Bahamas 1929 lineage and 1962 amendment from UN primaries
+
+Research checked on 26 October 2026. The Bahamas' Wiki-only 1962 definition
+entry is now sourced to the amending Act itself as filed with the United
+Nations, with an exact assent date and the conspiracy section the amendment
+added; the 1929 first-ban entry gains the Act's verified later lineage. The
+1929 Act's own text remains untraced. No scores, profiles or timelines
+changed.
+
+## What was verified (all sources actually read)
+
+### 1962 Indian hemp definition (entry upgraded, no new article)
+
+- UN E/NL.1963/11 (27 May 1963), Bahama Islands filing, read in full via
+  the UN Digital Library: The Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act, No. 26 of 1962,
+  assented 23 May 1962 by Governor Stapledon. It deletes the section 2
+  definition of "Indian Hemp" in Ch. 44 and substitutes: "Indian Hemp"
+  includes all parts of the plant cannabis sativa whether growing or not
+  from which the resin has not been extracted, the extracted resin, and every
+  compound, manufacture, salt derivative, mixture or preparation of plant or
+  resin. It also inserts section 25A: conspiracy to commit or abet any
+  offence under the Act carries the same punishment and forfeiture as the
+  offence, including agreement with a person beyond the jurisdiction.
+- Entry `bahamas-indian-hemp-definition-1962`: date refined 1962 to
+  1962-05-23, description rewritten with per-sentence citations, Wiki source
+  replaced by the UN filing. Category stays `other`: the amendment broadened
+  a definition and added an ancillary offence rather than creating a new
+  possession/cultivation ban with a scorable step. Too thin for a standalone
+  article; left as an entry.
+
+### 1929 first ban (entry strengthened, text still untraced)
+
+- UN E/NL.1953/42-43 (2 April 1953), read in full: 1952 Dangerous Drugs
+  (Dispensing of Narcotics) Rules and Sale of Drugs Rules made under "The
+  Dangerous Drugs Act (Ch. 12 of 1938–1939)", published in the Bahamas
+  Official Gazette 18 December 1952. "Narcotics" there means morphine,
+  opium, codeine, heroin, cocaine and their salts; no cannabis inference
+  drawn from it.
+- UN E/NL.1960/7 (20 March 1960), read: Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act No. 55
+  of 1959 (assented 3 September 1959), amending section 25 (now of Ch. 44)
+  on possession/storage offences.
+- Entry `bahamas-dangerous-drugs-1929` keeps its 27 February 1929 date from
+  the Wikipedia article (only source for the original Act) but now traces
+  the Act's continuation: revised as Ch. 12 of 1938–39, then Ch. 44,
+  amended 1959. No article: the 1929 text itself is still missing.
+
+## Dead ends recorded, not forced
+
+- The 1929 Act text: not in the UN filings found (earliest Bahamas filing
+  located is E/NL.1953/42-43, rules only). Bahamas Gazette 1929 not
+  digitized in any reachable collection; OAS CICAD historical compendium
+  link is dead; CRL holds only an unidentified single page of a 1926
+  ordinance from another colony's bound volume.
+- Yugoslav Criminal Code of 1929 (rs/hr/si/ba first bans): enactment 27
+  January 1929 and force 1 January 1930 confirmed via the Pastovic
+  unification paper, but the "up to 6 months for serving narcotics" article
+  text not found in a readable source (Google Books API quota-exhausted,
+  Hathi behind a bot check, Serbian digital library TLS failure). Left
+  untouched.
+- Ethiopia 1930 Penal Code drug provisions: the 1930 code's existence is
+  well attested but no readable text or secondary confirming narcotics
+  coverage found; the generic Duvall-based [1900, 1920] estimate stands.
+  The 1957-code commentary blog post only illuminates the 1957 code (arts.
+  510, 773–788).
+
+## Verification and files
+
+- `node -e` YAML load of changes.yaml clean (run before build).
+- `npm run build`, `npm run history:test`, `npm run answers:test` all green;
+  rendered `/history/bahamas-indian-hemp-definition-1962/` citation marks
+  checked.
+- Commit limited to own work: the two Bahamas hunks in changes.yaml plus
+  this note. `source-archive.json` (concurrent writer) excluded.

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