Tajikistan declared independence on 9 September 1991. The 1961 criminal code stayed in force, so the Soviet drug offences and penalties remained the legal framework until the new code took effect on 1 September 1998. The general drug law followed in December 1999.[1][2]
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References
- Постановление Верховного Совета Республики Таджикистан от 09.09.1991 № 392 «О провозглашении государственной независимости Республики Таджикистан»Preamble and point 4; text reproduced from the archived konun.tmweb.ru copy
- Tajikistan — Criminal Code, consolidated through 17 December 2025, WIPO LexPDF p. 201: the 1961 code remained in force until 1 September 1998archived
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