The Netherlands Antilles’ new Opium Ordinance took effect on 1 June 1964, covering Sint Maarten as part of the country.[1] It replaced an older ordinance dated 30 July 1929.[2] The later consolidated law contains the cannabis controls under which Sint Maarten’s prosecutors issued their small-quantity policy in 2018.[3][4]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Sint Maarten here.
References
- Overheid.nl — Opium Ordinance: original enactment and commencementOriginal ordinance signed 28 March 1960, effective 1 June 1964 under decree of 29 April 1964archived
- Netherlands Antilles — Opium Ordinance, archived consolidationArticle 15(3) replaces the ordinance of 30 July 1929; legislative history tablearchived
- Sint Maarten — Opium Ordinance, official consolidated textArticles 1, 2a, 3a, 4, 6–8 and 11; later consolidation, not original 1960 wordingarchived
- Prosecutor-General — Drug prosecution guideline 2018/01pp. 1–2 and 5–6: scope, commencement, personal cannabis bands, exceptions and cultivationarchived
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read.