Timor-Leste’s Parliament approved a drug bill that retained punishment for consumption while emphasising treatment and support.[1] The government linked it to public safety and promised regulations and a coordinating body for drug policy.[1] The final law records the vote on 18 October; it was promulgated and published in January 2017, with commencement on the day after publication.[2]
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References
- Government of Timor-Leste — Parliament approves the drug-trafficking billFinal parliamentary vote on 18 October 2016, also recorded in the final lawarchived
- Timor-Leste — Law 2/2017, final text in Jornal da República, 25 January 2017Printed pp. 60–82; articles 6–7, 11–17, 22, 26–29 and 50; Annex I and Table I-Carchived
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