Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007
(a) in pursuance of an act of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism as defined in
section nineteen, the person may be charged concurrently or alternatively with
insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism; or
(b) that results in or was intended to cause the death of another person, whether or not in
pursuance of an act referred to in paragraph (a), the person may be charged
concurrently with murder or attempted murder.
CHAPTER VII
CRIMES INVOLVING DANGEROUS DRUGS
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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”8 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;
“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,
8
Definition as amended by s. 31 of Act 9/2006 [deletion of ” any plant of the genus cannabis also
known as “Indian hemp”, bhang, camba, dagga, mbanje or intsangu" and substitution of words
appearing in text].
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