An amendment let a judge place someone convicted under the Opium Act in government-provided care when the judge considered it in that person’s interest. The rule applied within the drug-conviction system, whose offences included unlawful cannabis possession and use.[1][2]
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References
- Suriname — Criminal Code, historical consolidation through S.B. 2004 no. 105Article 49a and annotation 42: introduced by S.B. 1980 no. 67; court-ordered government care following an Opium Act conviction.archived
- Suriname — Territorial Order of 22 September 1955 concerning opium and other narcotic drugs, G.B. 1955 no. 91Government of Suriname · 1955 · UN E/NL.1958/72, government-communicated English translation; arts. 1–4, 7, 11–12 and 17; pp. 1–8. Adoption/publication 22 September; commencement separately delegated.archived
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