The new Criminal Code, adopted on 29 September 2005 and in force on 1 January 2006, moved drug offences to Article 246 with more lenient penalties than the 2003 scheme.[1][2] The summary possession offence was kept, but courts could now remit punishment for an offender who held narcotics for personal use, or who disclosed their supplier.[1] The same structure appears in the pre-2009 Code paragraphs the Constitutional Court later reviewed.[3]
Score by segment 0 to 10
- Possession · 25%1 → 1
- Personal cultivation · 25%1 → 1
- Punishment & enforcement · 20%1 → 2+1
- Sharing & gifting · 10%1 → 1
- Consumption · 10%1 → 1
- Legal access · 10%0 → 0
The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Serbia's scores have changed again since.
References
- Kolarić & Marković — Two Decades of Criminal Justice Reforms in the Field of Combating Illegal Drugs (University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, Belgrade)Journal p. 153 (the 2006 Code keeps the offence forms with more lenient penalties, adding remission for personal-use possession and for disclosing the supplier)archived
- WIPO Lex — Criminal Code (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No. 85/2005, 88/2005, 107/2005 and later amendments), SerbiaDetails record the Code adopted 29 September 2005 with entry into force 1 January 2006archived
- Serbia Constitutional Court — Bulletin 2/2009Printed pages 64-66 (pre-2009 Article 246 paras 3-5 punished unauthorised possession with remission for personal-use holders and disclosers)archived
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.