Eight first offenders from Bankir village on Malekula each received fifty hours of community work and six months’ probation for cannabis cultivation or possession.[1] The case concerned conduct dating to 2009, with several defendants describing single small plants.[1] The judge applied the 2013 personal-growing guidance and warned one defendant that his church belief did not permit him to continue growing cannabis.[1]
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References
- Public Prosecutor v Lovis — small cannabis grows and personal possession2017 · Supreme Court, 1 September 2017; paragraphs 1–28, especially reproduction of Wetul guidelines at paragraph 24
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