The new penal code, in force 60 days after its 8 April 2009 publication, contains no offence of drug possession, use, cultivation or supply. Its only drug-related crime is driving while unfit through narcotics or psychotropic substances. Drug cases therefore continued under the inherited Indonesian narcotics law until 2017.[1][2][3]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Timor-Leste here.
References
- Timor-Leste — Decreto-Lei n.º 19/2009, de 8 de Abril, Código PenalArticle 2 (repeals), article 3 (entry into force), article 208 (driving)
- UNFPA Timor-Leste — Drug use in Timor-Leste: an assessment (2012)pp. 24–25
- Timor-Leste — Lei n.º 2/2017, de 25 de Janeiro, Lei de Combate ao Tráfico Ilícito de DrogasPreamble, printed p. 60archived
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