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Law No. 9 of 1987 on Control and Regulation of Control and Regulation of Narcotic Drugs and Dangerous Psychotropic Substances (NDDPS)

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 9Date: 06/04/1987 Corresponding to 07/08/1407 HijriNumber of Articles: 65Status: In force

Official Gazette :Issue: 4Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/01/1987 Corresponding to 01/05/1407 HijriPage from: 2899

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Article 34 ( Amended By Law 7 / 1998 )
Starting Date: 01/01/1987 Expiry Date : 26/04/1998
Article 34
Starting Date: 26/04/1998

Article 34

Whoever commits the following actions shall be punished by imprisonment for a term up to twenty years and not less than ten years with an accompanying fine up to three-hundred thousand (300,000) Riyals and not less than one-hundred thousand Riyals:
1. imports, with the intention of traffic in, or exports NDDPS before obtaining the permission provided for in Article 3 therein;
2. produces, extracts, separates or manufactures NDDPS with the intention of traffic thereof;
3. cultivates any one of the plants stated in Schedule 4 or exports or imports thereof; in any stage of their growth, including their seeds, with the intention of traffic in, or traffics therein, in any form other than the situations authorized under this Law,
Recidivists shall be punished with the death sentence or life imprisonment with a fine of not more than five-hundred thousand (500,000) Riyals and not less than three-hundred thousand (300,000) Riyals. In establishing recidivism, account shall be taken of all the judgments handed down by foreign courts carrying a conviction for an offence similar to those provided for in this law. The same penalty shall be applied where the offender was a public official or servant entrusted with combating NDDPS, or supervising their circulation or possession.

Article 34 - (Amended By Law 7 /1998)
Starting Date : 26/04/1998

Article 34

Whoever commits the following actions shall be punished by imprisonment for a term up to twenty years and not less than ten years with an accompanying fine up to three-hundred thousand (300,000) Riyals and not less than one-hundred thousand Riyals:

imports, with the intention of traffic in, or exports NDDPS before obtaining the permission provided for in Article 3 therein;
produces, extracts, separates or manufactures NDDPS with the intention of traffic thereof;
cultivates any one of the plants stated in Schedule 4 or exports or imports thereof; in any stage of their growth, including their seeds, with the intention of traffic in, or traffics therein, in any form other than the situations authorized under this Law,

Recidivists shall be punished with the death sentence or life imprisonment with a fine of not more than five-hundred thousand (500,000) Riyals and not less than three-hundred thousand (300,000) Riyals. In establishing recidivism, account shall be taken of all the judgments handed down by foreign courts carrying a conviction for an offence similar to those provided for in this law. The same penalty shall be applied where the offender was a public official or servant entrusted with combating NDDPS, or supervising their circulation or possession.

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Starting Date : 01/01/1987 Expiry Date: 26/04/1998