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Hi Attorney, I have a friend who owns 50 grams (0.5 tael) of American grass (Khat leaf) for commercial purposes recently arrested by the police, how is the punishment?
QUESTION
Hi Attorney, I have a friend who owns 50 grams (0.5 tael) of American grass (Khat leaf) for commercial purposes recently arrested by the police, how is the punishment?
ANSWERS
Greetings from MEDLAW, thank you for sending your question to us, based on the information you provided, we would like to advise as follows:
Under the provisions of No. 46, Section ID, List I attached to Decree 73/2018 / ND-CP regulating the list of narcotic substances and precursors
Drug substances are strictly forbidden to use in medicine and social life:
46. Leaf khat
Greetings from MEDLAW, thank you for sending your question to us, based on the information you provided, we would like to advise as follows:
Under the provisions of No. 46, Section ID, List I attached to Decree 73/2018 / ND-CP regulating the list of narcotic substances and precursors
Drug substances are strictly forbidden to use in medicine and social life:
46. Leaf khat
Under Article 251 of the 2015 Penal Code on the crime of illegal trading in narcotics: Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall be sentenced to between 07 and 15 years of imprisonment:hạm tội thuộc một trong các trường hợp sau đây, thì bị phạt tù từ 07 năm đến 15 năm:
m) Other narcotic substances in solid form weighing between 20 grams and less than 100 grams.
m) Other narcotic substances in solid form weighing between 20 grams and less than 100 grams.
Contact your question, according to the regulations at No. 46 Section ID List I attached to Decree 73/2018 / ND-CP, US Grass also known as Khat leaf is on the list of banned drugs In medicine and social life, if using these substances in life, depending on the nature and severity of the violation, it is possible to be administratively sanctioned or examined for penal liability. According to the information you provide, your friend has stored 50g of thirsty leaves for the purpose of trading, so he may be considered by the investigating agency for the application of the provisions of Article 251 of the 2015 Penal Code, the penalty frame is imprisonment. from 07 years to 15 years.
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