CHAPTER VII CRIMES INVOLVING DANGEROUS DRUGS 155 Interpretation in Chapter VII In this Chapter— “Authority” means the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Authority established by section 3 of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act [Chapter 15:03] or any body that succeeds to its functions; “cannabis” means the flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant (excluding the seeds and leaves when not accompanied by the tops) from which the resin has not been extracted, by whatever name they may be designated; “cannabis plant” means the whole or any portion, whether green or dry, of any plant of the genus cannabis also known as “Indian hemp”, bhang, camba, dagga, mbanje or intsangu, but excluding— (a) any fibre extracted from the plant for use as or in the manufacture of cordage, canvas or similar products, or (b) any seed which has been crushed, comminuted or otherwise processed in such a manner as to prevent germination, or (c) the fixed oil obtained from the seed; [Definition substituted by section 31 of Act 9 of 2006.] “cannabis resin” means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from the cannabis plant; “coca bush” means the plant of any species of the genus erythroxylon; “coca leaf” means the leaf of the coca bush except a leaf from which all ecgonine alkaloids have been removed; “dangerous drug” means— (a) any coca bush, coca leaf, raw opium or cannabis plant; (b) prepared opium, prepared cannabis or cannabis resin; (c) a scheduled drug; “deal in”, in relation to a dangerous drug, includes to sell or to perform any act, whether as a principal, agent, carrier, messenger or otherwise, in connection with the delivery, collection, importation, exportation, trans-shipment, supply, administration, manufacture, cultivation, procurement or transmission of such drug; “medicinal opium” means opium which has undergone the processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use; “opium” means the coagulated juice of the opium poppy; “opium poppy” means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L; “poppy straw” means all parts (except the seeds) of the opium poppy, after mowing; “prepared cannabis” means cannabis which has been prepared for smoking and any dross or other residue remaining after cannabis has been smoked; “prepared opium” means opium prepared for smoking and any dross or other residue remaining after opium has been smoked; “raw opium” includes powdered or granulated opium, but does not include medicinal opium; “scheduled drug” means a drug specified in Part I or Part II of the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act [Chapter 15:02], and the term “Part I scheduled drug” shall be construed accordingly. 156 Unlawful dealing in dangerous drugs (1) A person who unlawfully— (a) imports, exports, sells, offers or advertises for sale, distributes, delivers, transports or otherwise deals in a dangerous drug; or (b) cultivates, produces or manufactures a dangerous drug for the purpose of dealing in it; or (c) possesses a dangerous drug, or any article or substance used in connection with the production or manufacture of a dangerous drug, for the purpose of dealing in such drug; or (d) incites another person to consume a dangerous drug; or (e) supplies or administers to or procures for any person, or offers to supply or administer to or procure for any person, a dangerous drug; shall be guilty of unlawful dealing in a dangerous drug and liable— (i) if the crime was committed in any of the aggravating circumstances described in subsection (2) and there are no special circumstances peculiar to the case as provided in subsection (3), to imprisonment for a period of not less than fifteen years or more than twenty years and a fine not below level fourteen or, in default of payment, imprisonment for an additional period of not less than five years or more than ten years; or