On 7 July 1978 Solomon Islands became independent. Section 5 of the Independence Order preserved all existing laws, so the 1941 Dangerous Drugs Regulation and its cannabis ban continued without a break. Two legal notices that year, LN 46A and LN 88 of 1978, amended the drug law, and the regulation remained the basis of the ban until it was consolidated as Cap. 98.[1][2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Solomon Islands here.
References
- National Parliament of Solomon Islands — The Constitution of Solomon Islands (Solomon Islands Independence Order 1978)Section 5: existing laws
- Solomon Islands Attorney-General — Dangerous Drugs Act, Cap. 98, authorised reprint as at 1 October 2009Endnotes 2: legal notices LN 46A and LN 88 of 1978archived
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read.