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Palestine raises drug penalties and defines life imprisonment

Decree-Law No. 26 of 2018 replaced hard labour with imprisonment, defined life imprisonment as 15 to 25 years, and raised the personal-use penalty to six months–two years and a 1,000–5,000 dinar fine. Trafficking became 15–25 years with a fine of at least 15,000 dinars, and paid supply at least ten years with a fine of at least 10,000.[1][2]

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References

  1. Palestine — Decree-Law No. 26 of 2018 amending Decree-Law No. 18 of 2015 (Maqam, An-Najah University)Articles 2–7: definitions of imprisonment and life imprisonment; amendments to Articles 17, 21 and 23archived
  2. Palestine — Decree-Law No. 18 of 2015, consolidated textArticles 17, 21 and 23 as amended in 2018archived

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