Iraq replaced lifelong imprisonment and a fine for the drug law's principal trafficking offences with death or life imprisonment and confiscation of movable and immovable property. The offences included supplying drugs and growing cannabis for trade; the death penalty had already applied to specified aggravated cases since 1968. The government described the confiscation rule as a way to remove unlawful drug proceeds; the occupation authority suspended capital punishment in June 2003.[1][2]
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References
- Iraqi Legislation Database — Law 38 of 2002 amending the Narcotics LawRepublic of Iraq · In Al-Waqa'i al-Iraqiya, issue 3948, 16 September 2002, p. 470 · 2002 · Articles 1–2 and statement of reasons; signed 7 September, effective on publication
- Iraqi Legislation Database — Law 196 of 1968, second amendment of the Narcotics LawArticle 1, replacement article 14(I)(b), list of trafficking offences
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