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Section 383(3) defines the aggravating circumstances for death or life imprisonment as applying when the drug was a dangerous drug other than cannabis. Cannabis in that chapter means the flowering or fruiting tops. The cannabis plant, prepared cannabis and cannabis resin are defined separately and are not repeated in the exclusion. Other dealing is up to fourteen years, a fine, or both. No later statute replacing these sections was found.
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No lawful cannabis production. The code’s professional-handling exception permits specified practitioners and institutions to manufacture or compound only lets named professionals handle controlled drugs where necessary for their workprofessional roles; no production or supply route operates.[@law]
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label Statutory maximum · treatment criminal · prison 5 years · note Up to five years, a fine, or both, label Bor bhang case in 2022 · treatment criminal · prison 1 year · fine 50000 · note One jailed a year, four six months; five others fined SSP 50,000 each
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label Dealing, ordinary maximum · treatment criminal · prison 14 years · note Up to fourteen years, a fine, or both; death-or-life tier requires a non-cannabis drug
Section 383(3) expressly limits the death-or-life tier to a dangerous drug other than cannabis, so no cannabis offence carries a capital sentence; ordinary dealing is up to fourteen years, a fine, or both.[@law]
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All recreational use is prohibited: possession or use can bring up to five years, a fine, or both, and dealing up to fourteen years. A 2022 Bor bhang case ended with prison terms and SSP 50,000 fines.[@law,eye]
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